Hi. I was hoping some of you may have some insight.
We are having some issues with our son. He is 10, will be 11 next month.
He has always been an easy going kid, a bit shy and has always been a good student. Starting maybe the beginning of last school year, he has been having some problems.
He seems to forget alot. He doesn't remember assignments given. He has no motivation anymore. He doesn't seem to care if he gets in trouble for not doing his work. We have tried taking privlidges away from him but it doesn't affect anything. He doesn't have a behavior problem, he doesn't get in trouble in school or anything. He doesn't have many friends because he mostly keeps to himself. A big problem is that he lies all the time. He is given these assignments once a week, a packet for Language Arts. They had the packets last year and he has the same teacher this year. I figured that they would possibly have the same sort of assignments so I kept asking him about it. He said that the teacher wasn't giving them. Well, here comes a grade check in the mail and he wasn't turning them in and was getting an F. I called his teacher, who is an amazing man and he said that he will let him make them up. He thinks DS has a real talent for writing. Making up the work will bring his grade back up to an A because they were very big assignments. We went through all of this last year too, same class, same missing assignments.
His lying is starting to be a big problem. It has gotten to the point that I don't know if he is telling me the truth when he tells me something. He seems to be in his own world sometimes. He is also very figity. It seems like he can't keep his hands still, like they have a life of their own. He cannot sit still.
I took him to a therapist, she thinks that he may have some kind of hyperactivity disorder, but didn't want to test when I mentioned ADD or ADHD. She wasn't much help, she kinda drifted out of the picture and then wasn't returning my calls. I want to find someone else to take him to but am not sure what I need to be asking them. My SIL is about 20 years old and acts exactly the same way. She acts just like he does. Could it be something inherited?
Does anyone have any advice? I don't know what to ask or what kind of doctor to take him to.
Sorry to ramble on, but I didn't know where else to go for advice.
Thanks,
Jess
We are having some issues with our son. He is 10, will be 11 next month.
He has always been an easy going kid, a bit shy and has always been a good student. Starting maybe the beginning of last school year, he has been having some problems.
He seems to forget alot. He doesn't remember assignments given. He has no motivation anymore. He doesn't seem to care if he gets in trouble for not doing his work. We have tried taking privlidges away from him but it doesn't affect anything. He doesn't have a behavior problem, he doesn't get in trouble in school or anything. He doesn't have many friends because he mostly keeps to himself. A big problem is that he lies all the time. He is given these assignments once a week, a packet for Language Arts. They had the packets last year and he has the same teacher this year. I figured that they would possibly have the same sort of assignments so I kept asking him about it. He said that the teacher wasn't giving them. Well, here comes a grade check in the mail and he wasn't turning them in and was getting an F. I called his teacher, who is an amazing man and he said that he will let him make them up. He thinks DS has a real talent for writing. Making up the work will bring his grade back up to an A because they were very big assignments. We went through all of this last year too, same class, same missing assignments.
His lying is starting to be a big problem. It has gotten to the point that I don't know if he is telling me the truth when he tells me something. He seems to be in his own world sometimes. He is also very figity. It seems like he can't keep his hands still, like they have a life of their own. He cannot sit still.
I took him to a therapist, she thinks that he may have some kind of hyperactivity disorder, but didn't want to test when I mentioned ADD or ADHD. She wasn't much help, she kinda drifted out of the picture and then wasn't returning my calls. I want to find someone else to take him to but am not sure what I need to be asking them. My SIL is about 20 years old and acts exactly the same way. She acts just like he does. Could it be something inherited?
Does anyone have any advice? I don't know what to ask or what kind of doctor to take him to.
Sorry to ramble on, but I didn't know where else to go for advice.
Thanks,
Jess
) She has been through occupational therapy for handwriting issues and vision therapy because her eyes didn't work together. She also had Speech therapy for s and s blend distortions. Since I am a special education teacher of intellectually disabled students, her issues did not seem all that significant and her grades were good in school as was her conduct. She has never seemed to listen, but that is what I am used to anyway. She is bright and I believe she has been able to cope with the mild ADD problems until the increased workload and very structured 4th grade classroom environment made the ADD issues . They have to stay seated and on task. They do not get 3 or 4 reminders. Her ITBS scores were not good as she daydreamed and did not finish or attempt enough questions. Her CRCT test was good as the time limit was much longer. My DD has written a thank you note to her doctor. She says now she feels "normal".
