[blparent] My son's teacher

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

If you can get an edge on the problem at age six, believe me, the kid and 
his family will be much happier at age 16.  My stepson is finally doing a 
little better in school, but he dealt with years of inaction first, and he's 
been in the juvenile courts three times.  Not to say that was all 
unavoidable, but ignoring the problem in the beginning sure didn't help. 
A first grader is just starting to learn study habits and to build his 
self-image as a student.  Setting up success early, whether it takes 
counseling or medication, or standing on your head for ten minutes twice a 
day, is a whole lot easier than trying to reverse years of struggle later 
on.  Maybe ADHD is overdiagnosed, and medications are handed out too freely. 
But even ten years ago, there was still a stigma against the problem that 
kept many parents from figuring out how to give their kids the support they 
needed.

Jo Elizabeth

"How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, 
compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of 
the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all of 
these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist

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From: "Stephanie Mitchell" <mumwith2kids at gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2012 9:50 PM
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] My son's teacher

> JESUS can help with every thing.  But that doesn't mean we shouldn't take 
> action.  God created all things, and that includes meds if needed.  If the 
> school and the doctor are seeing red flags, it's best to go with them.  It 
> might come to nothing, but the evaluation might find something too. 
> Better to find out now and help your son, than to have years of your son 
> struggling.
> Steph
>
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