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Post by .... on Jan 14, 2010 2:49:08 GMT
I've booked my 10 yr old DD in for Guitar lessons once a week (as long as I'm satisfied once meet tutor etc). Managed to get a saturday slot, so meds will be in full force . Which is a start! But am nervous now.... She's wanted this for a while, so hopefully hyperfocusing is gonna kick in and help. But I'm unsure how to introduce my daughters ADHD to the teacher? Her medication is working well, so I'm not worried she will be more difficult than any other child. The lessons are going to be at a music shop/tuition centre and I'm figuring I'm supposed to leave her there for half an hour, to be supervised by the lady teaching her etc though, so I'm going to need to tell them I think. Anybody got any pointers on what to say/not say? Before she settled on medication last year lots of activities weren't possible. Now, our range of things to do, and places to go safely has increased but I'm having to attempt to adjust as fast as my DD, who is making up for lost time (everywhere but school at least!)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2010 10:36:40 GMT
Is DD prone to extreme behaviour? If not then a half hour lesson isn't going to be a problem, the teacher will want to make it a success and try to customise their style to the client (I used to teach teenagers ) I wouldn't say anything more than 'she might lose concentration/get bored easily' (whatever symptoms she shows) or the teacher may get paranoid and start to show 'Daily Mail' stereotypical responces. Relax and enjoy
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Post by .... on Jan 14, 2010 15:45:14 GMT
Not prone to extreme behaviour. Just a liability off meds - fiddling with stuff and not knowing doing it, not noticing instructions, prone to wandering off, and hasn't any functional danger awareness. But as say will be on medication at time of lesson, so non of the above ought be a noticeable problem. I'm prob just overdoing the worrying! And she likes her guitar, its one of the few things she will concentrate on for more than 5 minutes lol. But I can't play well enough to teach her.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2010 23:01:58 GMT
Hi all. My DD wanted to learn electric guitar 2 or 3 years ago when she was 9ish. So we bought one and, as I was unable to send her for lessons, I got one of them teach yourself guitar books. She's a fidgetter and her attention span was rubbish for most things, but she took to the guitar easily and found it very rewarding. Wasn't long before I wanted to learn (a week) so I got one too and we learned together. Unfortunately, I eventually got bored and then she lost interest too. She picked the guitar up again after it had been collecting dust for over a year and she still remembered how to play the songs without looking at the music sheets. Not bad for a scatterbrain If I could only get her to remember where she's put her phone Where would we be without music. Imagine how good it would be to be able to create your own. Bit off track but hope it helps chrys.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2010 13:42:56 GMT
How fantastic ! Music is FAB isn't it ! Loved to sing while growing up but never had full control of voice till I got Dx aged 47yrs ! Never too late Eh ? LOL x
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