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Email Questions and Answers Back To Email Questions and Answers Index Child to start school next year, what should a parent do to be prepared and help prepare the school? My son was diagnosed with ADHD last August after many troublesome months of having to move him from daycare to daycare centers for various behavior and etc... reasons. He is currently attending Kindergarten this school year in Stafford, VA public schools. Next year he will be moving on to the 1st grade. The initial medication he was put on was Concerta which helped a great deal with his behavior and etc (minimal problem in completing tasks and etc....) . During this school
year I have volunteered in his kindergarten class room several times.
>From what I have read about ADHD, I didn't find his teacher or the school to
be ADHD friendly. I want to approach the school to ask them what
procedures do they have in place to deal with this type of disability but, I
don't know what QUESTIONS TO ASK if I am sent to the Stafford County School
board. The best thing that you
could do at this time is file a formal request for a Section 504 or IEP
conference. The school should
evaluate your son to determine if he is eligible for extra services.
Once this is determined, then you will have the opportunity to meet with
the some of the school personnel to work out what additional services may be
required to help your son succeed in school. To better understand IEPs
and Section 504s: Overview of
Individualized Education Plan: http://www.addhelpline.org/overview_iep.htm Section 504 Overview:
http://www.addhelpline.org/section_504_overview.htm Battle Plan:
http://www.addhelpline.org/battle_plan.htm 101 Ideas for Classroom
Management: http://www.addhelpline.org/101_classroom.htm Our Ask the Advocate column
may also be helpful to you. In it,
our advocate has answered questions from many parents on some of the issues
relating to ADHD in school. http://www.addhelpline.org/ask_the_advocate.htm There are many more articles
on Education and ADHD that you may want to read to prepare you for
working with the school in the coming years to help your child succeed.
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