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Post by fuzzywuzzy on Oct 6, 2014 18:08:35 GMT
Darling ADHD daughter, 10 years old.... had LOADS of issues with refusing to leave my side when she was 5/6 years old....bit of hating school, bit of separation anxiety.....roll on a few years....and all had been relatively ok, although STILL hating school.... but now, since start of new school year, just refusing to go......has been a bit physically ill too with a bad cough, for which they gave her antibiotics in the end because it had gone on for longer than 8 weeks.....but also simply saying, "I'm not going" hates her teacher too....doesn't help that she had this teacher for 2 years, pre diagnosis, and so experienced a load of negativity from her....leading to self esteem issues...
School are now calling in an educational welfare officer (what joy ) because attendance is below 80% (73%) i am still in the midst of the Statementing process, with my second tribunal against the local authority set for 13th January, (having won the first one ) they are simply not meeting her needs and I hope that if I succeed they will have to listen and make accommodations... in the meantime, she has been told off for putting her hand up, told off for coughing (!) and told off for wanting to go to the toilet during a lesson Any info on the system re school refusal or your experiences greatly appreciated
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Post by contrarymary on Oct 6, 2014 22:08:14 GMT
hey fuzzywuzzy sorry to hear about this I have no experience whatsoever, but had a wee look around... 1. from the academic perspective, have a look at chapter 7 of this book which is about children, mental health and education (inc incidence of school refusal among children with adhd) 2. amazingly there is a whole forum for parents of school refusers and that's here (who knew?) 3 this website has a lot on adhd and schools, inc a bit on school refusal that's here4 this is quite an interesting discussion about adhd and school refusal, centred around a 10 year old boy and now I have to go to bed!!! really hope there's something helpful here xx
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Post by fuzzywuzzy on Oct 6, 2014 22:48:31 GMT
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