adhd and a school who cant cope

[debt4get]

this is a really difficult situation and as an exteacher now retired I do sympathise with your predicament, it has become blantantly obvious over the years that schools do not have the expertise in numbers to deal with these children, whilst it is every parents right to expect their children to be dealt with as if they are the only child in the school the reality of it is that they aren't, if a child misbehaves for whetever reason, the teaching staff and the senior school management are often left with no other options but to apply sanctions, the minority cannot be allowed to be 'seen' to get away with unacceptable behaviour using whatever condition they may have, or not have,and have/havenot been diagnosed for. the blame is not within the schools themselves but in goverment initiatives that have shut down the 'special schools' where these children could have been given more one to one care in small discreet groups that larger schools do not have the luxury of. the best you can hope for in most circumstances is for them to have a helper normally unqualified, but in my humble opinion they do a marvellous job despite the little training they have. The cry from parents of these children is I dont want them in special schools, they will be singled out! labelled etc etc, but what you have to remember is, they are already labelled, if you go for statementing, they get extra help extra time in exams etc, but the children around them believe you me they notice.......

like I said the blame doesnt lie with the school.you are lashing out at the wrong people, the fault lies with both the system and the goverment and I for one wish you well in your battle with both... I shall take my pension and watch further as the education in this country goes slowly down the drain.

[debt4get]

thank you priority one its very easy to attack the messenger if you dont like the message. as mnrbig said my child home schooled runs around but thats how he learns, fine, but how can you have children running around in say a dangerous science lab with chemicals and equipment that can injure, both the child and the people around them. Parents rightly so defend there offspring to the hilt and I would do the same, but, we have to be realistic, these children in a normal school setting are not getting the best education they deserve.