My sons teacher has aggreed to meet w me this week to discuss his classroom enviorment. (1st grade) I posted the other day somethings that made me VERY mad about his classroom. Im wondering-for those of you who have kids in elementary school, what the school has done to help accommodate your kiddo. I am hoping to find some things to bring up at the meeting that can help him function good in the classroom without being seperated from the other kids like i explained in my other post. PLease HELP!
I am VERY lucky my son (7 yrs old, 2nd grade) has great teacher and is willing to do anything to help him succeed.. one thing she has mentioned is getting a stretchy cord that wraps around my sons ankle and the leg of his desk. This way he can move but stays in his desk..(kinda like we would use a stress ball) another is a weight blanket that lays on his lap, this way when he gets the urge to jump up out of his seat, he gets a reminder when he feels the weight on his lap. She gives him breaks in between tasks. He is seated around positive influences who love school and can help him if he has questions. Seeing these students enjoy school encourages him to do so as well.
School is still a constant battle for us...(not to mention we are still trying to get his meds right) but hopefully these may help your son! Good Luck
thanks for sharing, weighted blanket sounds like a good idea. my sons class does alot of learning from "the carpet" the teacher sits in a rocking chair, and kids sit on the floor. All the kids like this, bt my son it is a recipe for disaster! carpet time is too close of contact for him. So she put him in a chair, but far far away from the group! it makes me MAD.. i am thinking of getting him a carpet square, to be used on the floor, that way he could be down by the other kids, but have his designated area...
Im with you isolating our kids from others is hard for them to understand. Last year my son was the "bad kid" in the back of the classroom all by himself..grrr =( ..sad to say i couldve helped my son last year and started meds but his teacher never expressed any learning problems (her classroom was over crowed, and she didnt have the time to spend w him, i just learned this this year from talking with other teachers) i just thought he had behavioral issues at home, and just hated homework..until i was blessed with his current teacher who brought me to light.
yes carpet time is also a hard time for my son...one little lint ball he sees, he instantly is diving to pick it up. or crawling all around... he works well at cirlce/group time around a table.
Ah yes, carpet time. What is up with that? I see "typical" kids have a hard time with that too!! Who invented that anyway?? And I am saying all this as a former teacher!!
My 7 y/o ( DX ADHD/anxiety) son's desk is right up front by the carpet area. They just let him stay at his desk. The other kids are used to this. Sometimes he does other work while the teacher is talking. I think he does this to calm himself. Amazingly, he hears everything she is saying. I volunteer in the classroom once a week. This arrangement works really well for him and he is much happier being out of the "fray."
Monique
Use your 504 (special accomodations) in the classroom to get this changed. My son was usually in the front of the class (even now in Junior High). When they had "tables" he was, like others said, seated with kids who were more of a calming influence. Carpet time for my son look like he was an "island in the stream" as the other kids would natually move away from him to "save themselves" as he didn't always realize where his limbs were. The sitting on the outside of the circle at his desk would have been a great idea. Because of chewing issues, my son was allowed to chew gum in class. It's been a long while but the other day my son was working on his homework and at 13 the front of his shirt was a mass of chewing - just looked at him and said "want some gum?". He said yes and we moved on.
Good Luck Mamma!
I feel the same way my son is too in first grade and all the teacher does is mention to me how he was clowning around and so on, I am not excusing my sons behavior at all he knows to respect his teacher but she never mentions how well he does, my son is very smart just has so much energy to burn!!!! Ugh I just dont know what to do anymore we talk every morning and he tries to do well but children that ar adhd are compulsive and they just do it! and he gets home and hes emotional about it! I want his behavior to improve but I dont know what else to do with him! Help!!!
thats how I felt his teacher says my son was interupting the other children so she had to move him twice away from the others, she has no sympathy and we are trying to find the right meds for him.. and of course his dad believes he shouldnt be on anything... so I am in this alone I feel so frustrated and I wish I knew what to do about my sons behavior in class, hes so smart
Quoting krysy_8:
thanks for sharing, weighted blanket sounds like a good idea. my sons class does alot of learning from "the carpet" the teacher sits in a rocking chair, and kids sit on the floor. All the kids like this, bt my son it is a recipe for disaster! carpet time is too close of contact for him. So she put him in a chair, but far far away from the group! it makes me MAD.. i am thinking of getting him a carpet square, to be used on the floor, that way he could be down by the other kids, but have his designated area...
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- krysy_8
on Jan. 16, 2012 at 3:56 PM