But it helped some with classroom behaviors...
ADHD and meds is not my... area of interest but I would be wondering about aggression appearing right after the drugs were started. Have you talked with the neurologist about the home issues? Have your tried weaning him off the meds, maybe during the last summer vacations, to see if the aggressive behavior went away?
I hope somebody with more experience (and especially someone who has gone through several med protocols) can chime in here.
Well I will try a new thread for that issue because DS is on holydays right now without ritalin and I have to speak about that experience ...
Retention (redoublement) is only going to make things worse for him, I am afraid, but a grade skip (which would be much exponentially easier to get than in the US) won't help either.
I agree 100% with that.
Drawing a blank on suggestions. Homeschooling is probably not an option (parental sanity seems to be in serious danger as it is). Has the speech therapist (orthophoniste), who seems to get him, been able to give any suggestions on keeping his mind fed *at school* while working at his comprehension level? The fact that the teacher scribes for him is actually wonderful.
Homeschooling is out of question at the present time. At least for 2 reasons : i) money and ii) I am not quite sure that DW will survive very long making school to DS. She is so anxious with that, so involved that it will end by a nervous breakdown ... It is not because I am doubting on the mother's capacilities. No the speech therapist (who is specialized in giftedness) did not say anything like that ... Anyway, what can she do in a school system where pupils have to all learn the same things, the same way. Those who are not on this pathline are just retarded, not gifted ... Untill now, the teachers of my son understood him and leave him alone with too much demands. They did and do not stigmatize him, and I am happy with that ... It is not the case of DW, but she wants so many things from them.
And BTW, is the school thinking about skipping her (sauter un classe)? Because she might need it. Soon.
Well, we will study that point but the French system is not as flexible as that. Nevertheless, skipping can be easy or not depending a lot on your location, on the director of the school, on the numbers of pupils in each grade, on the director of the local county education administration ... Often you have to prove the giftedness, but that might not be enough ..
Because she wants him to read instead? What about reading lower level books and listening to things a 7 year old wouldn't be expected to read anyway?
That's it ... Well, she wishes he can read so hard...
I get back to work now ... Answers to others later on. Sorry
