Dear Deborah,

I think you should explain your son disability to him.


At 10:56 AM 02/16/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>I'm beginning to face a situation with my eldest son, age 8 dxed with severe
>ADHD, Anti-social behavior disfunction, dyslexia w/ dysgraphia, central
>processing delay, moderate delay in gross and fine motor skills, hypotonia
>and a tick disorder.  He went to a prepatory school for kindergarten and 1st
>grade, did do ok with allot of help and understanding from teachers, but
>towards the end of 1st grade he had to be taken off all drugs for his ADHD
>for failure to grow.  So at that point school was intolerable for him, ended
>up being removed from school the last month of the school year.  This year
>he went to a public school in hopes of being placed in an all inclusive
>classroom because of no control over reaction to stimuli either internal or
>external.  Didn't happen, they insisted on keeping him in a normal second
>grade and his teacher insisted on not teaching him.
>So we finally found a school that is working for him at the moment, it is a
>charted school for students with SLD label.
>Now here is the delima, his younger brother (not the youngest ) and his
>sister still go to the same prepatory school that he went to last year, he
>now wants to go back there.  How can I explain to him, without him feeling
>stupid or low, that he cannot attend a "normal" school or classroom because
>of his disabilities ?  I have never told him he is disabled, should I ? He
>will be 9 in July and I know he knows he is not like everyone else.  Please
>help.
>Thank you
>Deborah mom of 4
>
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