someone... anyone... jump in here please :)

[sweetsouthern]

literally, im a nervous wreck about this year.

 

dd will be 11 in september, should be starting 5th. recently diagnosed with adhd, severe impulsivity, pdd-nos, mood disorder-nos, very weak processing speed and retention and further testing for aspie and personality disorder. her pschy testing had her functioning mainly on a 3rd grade level, which is about right with her annual testing (CAT).

 

ive switched her curriculum around this year for more remediation type work.

 

shes doing:

 

language arts: cle level 4 (i think im going to add in extra spelling though?)

math: excel math level 3

handwriting: pentime 5

writing: im thinking about check the deck??

reading: various

 

and honesty besides this (which is already a nightmare) im not to worried about adding in some of the other subjects im missing.... we can catch them a bit more here and there...

 

but honestly im a nervous wreck. i also know she cant take a story and put it into her own words (in every day life or even creative writing). any ideas on that??

 

i'd love any input.

 

oh and yes she takes meds... intuniv 4mg, abilify 2mg, melatonin 6 mg, adderal 5mg short acting 30 minutes before we start school.

 

:grouphug:

[sheryl]

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[5knights3maidens]

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[justamouse]

literally, im a nervous wreck about this year.

 

dd will be 11 in september, should be starting 5th. recently diagnosed with adhd, severe impulsivity, pdd-nos, mood disorder-nos, very weak processing speed and retention and further testing for aspie and personality disorder. her pschy testing had her functioning mainly on a 3rd grade level, which is about right with her annual testing (CAT).

 

ive switched her curriculum around this year for more remediation type work.

 

shes doing:

 

language arts: cle level 4 (i think im going to add in extra spelling though?)

math: excel math level 3

handwriting: pentime 5

writing: im thinking about check the deck??

reading: various

 

and honesty besides this (which is already a nightmare) im not to worried about adding in some of the other subjects im missing.... we can catch them a bit more here and there...

 

but honestly im a nervous wreck. i also know she cant take a story and put it into her own words (in every day life or even creative writing). any ideas on that??

 

i'd love any input.

 

oh and yes she takes meds... intuniv 4mg, abilify 2mg, melatonin 6 mg, adderal 5mg short acting 30 minutes before we start school.

 

:grouphug:

 

Wow, I ahve no idea what some of that is. :grouphug:

 

The only thing I can speak to is the putting a story into her own words-narration. When I took my oldest two out (Ds at 7th grade and adhd) he in no way could tell you a story back. I went all the way back to a paragraph, tell me what it means, then read some more, tell me what that means--eventually we made it up to a page, and then two...you get the idea? When you start them narrating at a young age it's like a baby duck swimming. They LOVE doing it. But it's a skill so that by the time they are older, the act is so natural for them. When they've been pulled out, it's much harder.

 

 

Slow and steady wins the race.

 

:grouphug::grouphug:

[rafiki]

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[moriah]

There is a language arts program that is used in the schools and I looked it up recently, that helps a child to write a 2 and then 3 parts about a story, helps the child to write some descriptive words about stories. Starts in a really basic way, I think you would have success to start there. I will try to see if I can remember what that site was!

 

Also, I am a mental health professional and my son is 11 with ADHD and Asperger's. He tests at the 4th grade level. I have homeschooled him his whole school career. Suggestion: Whoever you are taking your child to that diagnoses a personality disorder, I would sincerely think about challenging anything like that. Per the diagnostic manual, personality disorders are really long term maladaptive personality issues that form over a person's lifetime. They are supposed to be used with adults. They are looked at as pretty unchangeable. Personality disorders esp certain kinds of personality disorder can label your child extremely negatively. I almost feel off my chair when I saw that on your post. Clearly you are looking at developmental issues. Any diagnosis that is mental health in nature, such as bipolar or personality disorders should be reserved until absolutely everything else is ruled out. There are many many reasons for mood swings that are not personality disorders or bipolar. I see adults that say "I have bipolar" diagnosed as a teen and they do not. They walk around with that label for years. Since brains are developing until early 20s there is no reason to slap such an all inclusive label on someone. Mood swings need to be figured out as to what they are, sensory or overwhelmed, differences in abilities ie. verbal vs. performance, difficulty with changes as examples. One may have to keep a detailed log about what the child ate, how much sleep, are they sleeping good or not, was there too much stimulation, did the child get overwhelmed from the school work, did the child run out of steam, how long can the child focus, does the child need physical activity (my son is on a trampoline 4-5 times per day even in winter). Checking sight and hearing from a provider that can do a detailed assessment. All these issues would have to be looked at before ever giving those kinds of diagnoses. They don't need to diagnose to try meds either. They can try a mood stabalizer (if that's the only thing left to try) without diagnosing bipolar as an example. If you have testing done, an IQ test, post some of the results so we can see them. Differences in abilities from verbal to performance can result in tons of frustruation. ADHD can have mood swings involved with it. You might want to see if you can find an autism or ASD specialist so they could help you figure some of these things out. Hope this helps!

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