"My Child Is Not A Monster!"
Q. When do you find it hardest to control yourself?
A. Mostly in school, it's hard to sit still for a long time. Then I get in trouble for not doing my work, and that makes me angry. It's not like I don't want to do the work, I just can't concentrate and sit still for so long.
Q. What type of work do you have the hardest time concentrating on?
A. Mostly on things like math facts, 6x9= , 8x7= ,... After about one row of these, I start getting fidgety. Another thing is reading books that I don't pick out for myself. The pages just go on forever if it's something that I'm not that interested in reading.
Q. Do you often have to read books that you are not interested in?
A. Not regular book, it's the ones like Social Studies and Language Arts. They get pretty boring after a couple of pages. I like reading adventure stories. I also like reading about the Earth, how it was formed and the different plates that make up the crust.
Q. What do you feel inside when you get in trouble for not doing your assigned work?
A. I feel angry and I feel sad. I get angry because I'm getting in trouble for something I can't help doing. I get sad because I wish I could do better. Some of the kids in my class get on the honor list all the time, I never do.
Q. Are there any skills you practice to help you stay on task?
A. Yes, my teacher will rub her eyebrow when I'm doing something I'm not supposed to be doing. I also have a sticker on my desk that helps me to remember to take my homework with me after school.
Q. When you have homework, do you usually get it completed by the following school day?
A. Not always, well not a lot. It's really hard to sit down and do more work after spending all day in class. I've tried doing it later in the evening but I'm too tired by then.
Q. Are there things that your family can do to help you with your homework?
A. Yes, they can help me to understand things better, but I still have to do the reading myself. I don't like to write either; sometimes I get to do it on the chalk board, that's not so bad because I can write really big and that's easier.
Q. You mentioned earlier that you like to read about how the
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