Cayden Update
We went to Caydens Psychiatrist yesterday and talked to him about his problems in school. We found out that ADHD is inherited but it can also be caused by brain trauma. We dont want him on ADHD medicine but we need to do something. He is on a bunch of homeopathic medicine that seem to be working. They decided to up his dose of one of his homeopathic medicine and to add to it. If it doesnt work within a few weeks he is going to put him on a small dose of ADHD meds that will take away the edge of restlessness. He is actuallhy up to par for where he needs to be considering he is only 2 developmentally.
This is getting to be something let me tell ya. I have a 4 yr old that is only 2 and doing what he should have done when he was 2. It is getting hard to keep him in a regular preschool and if this doesnt work they may need to find another special ed class for him to go to. The preschool special ed isnt challenging him enough but the regular preschool is getting too hard for him. The academic part isnt challenging him it is the other kids and interacting with them.....I mean how do you explain to a 4-5 yr old that one of their classmates had had a stroke and so he isnt developmentally like them. The teacher is pretty good but I know that she is having trouble so maybe I should just send some letters out to the parents to explain Cayden.
Please if anyone has any ideas of what to do for him and to get these children and the parents to understand let me know all ideas are welcome!!!! Especially because these kids want to play with Cayden but he rather play with himself......That is what 2 yr olds do. I want him to learn how to interact with other kids his age but do you think that he needs to interact with others like him or what? I dont know what to do!!!!!! And how do you explain all this to the child himself? I dont want him to think of himself as any different from all the other kids and he doesnt understand that all these other kids never been to school and that is why they cant do what he can academically. He teases them more than they tease him because he doesnt understand that he has been to school since he was 17 mos old and that you normally dont go to school until 4. He thinks that his life is the NORM for everyone and not just him and there is a child who cries every time her mom drops her off and Cayden doesnt understand why she is so sad when he can go off to school. What do I tell him about all this without him thinking he isnt as good as the other kids?
Dyan
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