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THE
PARENT COACH
Dr.
Steven Richfield provides articles on many different aspects of raising a child
with ADHD.
ASK
THE ADVOCATE
Each
month we our advocate will be answering questions from our visitors about yours
and your children's rights in the educational system.
PARENTS
TALK
A mother is trying to help her teenage son learn anger management.
MOTIVATION
TIPS
Five great ideas for motivation, including The Shoe Race, Trading Places
and more.
ORGANIZATION
TIPS
Organize your child at home, and maybe find some tips that will help you
as well.
ADHD
IN THE NEWS
Headlines about ADHD, Learning Disability and Mental Disorders
Study on ADD and TV
The recent study published on watching television between the ages of one and
three and the possible link to ADD/ADHD did not take many considerations into
account. The author of the study even admits that he cannot conclude that
television watching and ADD/ADHD are linked.
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As part of our "Parent To Parent Series, one visitor wrote asking for assistance for a friend:
Teenager In Need
Some of the responses and ideas that were received were;
*****YOUR FRIENDS SON IS ENTITLED TO AN INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM. ALL SHE NEEDS TO DO IS GO TO THE PRINCIPAL AND REMIND THEM THAT ADD HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED BY US GOVT AS A HANDICAP THEREFORE ENTITLING HIM TO BENEFITS UNDER THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT. THEN THE SCHOOL'S CHILD INTERVENTION TEAM NEEDS TO EVALUATE HIM AND PLACE HIM ACCORDINGLY. IT IS A ROUGH ROAD, BUT SHE HAS TO BE ADAMANT ABOUT DEMANDING WHAT HER CHILD IS ENTITLED TO UNDER THE LAW AND SHE AS THE CHILD'S ONLY ADVOCATE MUST DEMAND THAT SERVICES BE PROVIDED TO HER SON. THERE ARE PLENTY OF WEB SITES THAT SET FORTH WHAT HER SON IS ENTITLED TO.
*****I just wanted to let you know that I am going through the same thing.
My daughter is ADHD and Bi-Polar. I recently found out that by law the schools have to do at least a 504 plan. The 504 plan makes the teachers and administration work with you and the child as far as maybe special seating, extra time to work on assignments, a peer study person, sitting them by a positive role model in school. If the child is tested and found to be Emotionally Disabled, then not only does the child have the 504 (State level) to back them up but they have I.D.E.A (Federal level) to back them up. With I.D.E.A, the parent has all kinds of rights. Hope this helps.
Tell the parent to contact The Center for Disability Law. They can get good advice from them as well as classes for parents to become advocates.
Stacey