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13 year old son diagnosed before 6th grade
Wed, 05/05/2010 - 09:17Comments
Re: 13 year old son diagnosed before 6th grade
Submitted by DesperateMother on Wed, 2010-05-05 - 16:04
I wish I could give u ideas, all I can say is try meeting with the school more, what u just wrote about your son was like if u were writing about mine, except he just got diagnoised on April 08, 2010. He is in the 3rd grade and his grades have dropped in the last three weeks, he is on Trileptal and I have also asked for explanation why he seems less able to concentrate in class. My son is also in Boy Scouts and Youth Group, and so far we have been very lucky that the kids are treating him good. However, the kids he goes to school with have started teasing him, and he doesnt want to go to school anymore.
In reference to the school, keep calling for meetings, educate the teachers about seizures, teachers do not seem to have much information regarding seizures. Ask your doctors to write a letter to the school explaining a little bit about ur son's condition. I just got back from the 10th meeting with the school today, gave them some information about the different types of seizures my son has, what some of his symptoms are so they can understand his behaviors and in order to help him I requested an Instructunal Aide to help him after he has a seizure, so he can gain the skills needed to finish his assignments. Good luck with your son, and by keeping more people informed hopefully one of these days, there will be a better understanding on why seizures occur, and what we can all do to help our children that deal with them.
I wish I could give u ideas, all I can say is try meeting with the school more, what u just wrote about your son was like if u were writing about mine, except he just got diagnoised on April 08, 2010. He is in the 3rd grade and his grades have dropped in the last three weeks, he is on Trileptal and I have also asked for explanation why he seems less able to concentrate in class. My son is also in Boy Scouts and Youth Group, and so far we have been very lucky that the kids are treating him good. However, the kids he goes to school with have started teasing him, and he doesnt want to go to school anymore.
In reference to the school, keep calling for meetings, educate the teachers about seizures, teachers do not seem to have much information regarding seizures. Ask your doctors to write a letter to the school explaining a little bit about ur son's condition. I just got back from the 10th meeting with the school today, gave them some information about the different types of seizures my son has, what some of his symptoms are so they can understand his behaviors and in order to help him I requested an Instructunal Aide to help him after he has a seizure, so he can gain the skills needed to finish his assignments. Good luck with your son, and by keeping more people informed hopefully one of these days, there will be a better understanding on why seizures occur, and what we can all do to help our children that deal with them.
Re: 13 year old son diagnosed before 6th grade
Submitted by Spike. on Thu, 2010-05-06 - 18:38
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Re: 13 year old son diagnosed before 6th grade
Submitted by pgd on Wed, 2010-05-05 - 12:49
Very general educational resources: http://www.hemihelp.org.uk/ - http://www.out-of-sync-child.com/ - http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/voice/auditory.asp - Coffee Jump-starts Short-term Memory - (The very old medicine - coffee - caffeine - is a known weak stimulant - alerting agent) http://www.rsna.org/rsna/media/pr2005/Coffee.cfm - Good luck.