Hi everyone,
I posted before how I signed my 5 year old son up for Tae Kwon Do in hopes that it will help some of his behavior problems and be a positive experience for him. He has his second class today and one of the instructors is going to work with him privately since the first class was a disaster since he got so unfocused and hyper around all the other kids. At least they are willing to work with us.
We met with the child psychologist again and she said that Ben definitely has ADHD and that we need to treat that. We are meeting with her again next week to specifically go over all her test results. In the meantime, he may also have Asperger's as well so we are waiting for a developmental pediatrician to evaluate him and maybe another psychologist who is in the process of setting up an Asperger's clinic.
I know that many people on this board are anti-medication, and I'm not necessarily pro, but my son clearly needs some help. If he has other social problems that aren't due to ADHD, then maybe we can more easily deal with those through therapy when the ADHD component is being helped some.
It is hard. All these disorders are so subjective and there are no easy answers. My son has so many strengths, but he needs to be able to consistently function in school and at other social/group events. I'm worried about kindergarten in the fall.
Thanks for listening...
I posted before how I signed my 5 year old son up for Tae Kwon Do in hopes that it will help some of his behavior problems and be a positive experience for him. He has his second class today and one of the instructors is going to work with him privately since the first class was a disaster since he got so unfocused and hyper around all the other kids. At least they are willing to work with us.
We met with the child psychologist again and she said that Ben definitely has ADHD and that we need to treat that. We are meeting with her again next week to specifically go over all her test results. In the meantime, he may also have Asperger's as well so we are waiting for a developmental pediatrician to evaluate him and maybe another psychologist who is in the process of setting up an Asperger's clinic.
I know that many people on this board are anti-medication, and I'm not necessarily pro, but my son clearly needs some help. If he has other social problems that aren't due to ADHD, then maybe we can more easily deal with those through therapy when the ADHD component is being helped some.
It is hard. All these disorders are so subjective and there are no easy answers. My son has so many strengths, but he needs to be able to consistently function in school and at other social/group events. I'm worried about kindergarten in the fall.
Thanks for listening...