Slakk
House of Mouse Fan
- Joined
- Feb 12, 2006
Wow I am so glad I hopped on over here! We have been struggling with my son for years. He had chronic ear infections as a child which caused him to not hear correctly which in turn became delayed speech. Two years of privately funded speech then into the school system. Last year we had a wonderful teacher with an LD child and he went from 2 hrs of Special Ed to full inclusion - this year (3rd grade) has been a nightmare.
We just converted from LD to ADD (no hyper here just inattentive) and are now trying to muddle our way through. This summer we are going to work with a behaviorist to work on fucusing issues (he is fine one on one just not in a classroom) and have decided to try Focasil as well.
My son HATES medicine but when I broached the subject he was so excited that it may help him not daydream - it just broke my heart that a little guy who won't take an asprin is willing to take medication to try and stop his mind from whirling.
We are agonizing over this - I always try not to use meds lightly but I am hoping that some dramatic IEP changes and some other things we are going to try will be beneficial - more so then meds.
To see people struggle with this as I am actually makes me feel good - I think we all want what is best for our kids. I am lucky too that my school is really trying to help us out with this and work with us but it is such a struggle....
Wish us luck we are going to try it on Saturday to see how it goes...
We just converted from LD to ADD (no hyper here just inattentive) and are now trying to muddle our way through. This summer we are going to work with a behaviorist to work on fucusing issues (he is fine one on one just not in a classroom) and have decided to try Focasil as well.
My son HATES medicine but when I broached the subject he was so excited that it may help him not daydream - it just broke my heart that a little guy who won't take an asprin is willing to take medication to try and stop his mind from whirling.
We are agonizing over this - I always try not to use meds lightly but I am hoping that some dramatic IEP changes and some other things we are going to try will be beneficial - more so then meds.
To see people struggle with this as I am actually makes me feel good - I think we all want what is best for our kids. I am lucky too that my school is really trying to help us out with this and work with us but it is such a struggle....
Wish us luck we are going to try it on Saturday to see how it goes...