One of the most difficult areas for the child with ADHD tends to be the area of academics. This is especially true for the child who is in second grade. By the time that a child reaches the second grade, the days of kindergarten playing are a far distant memory. In second grade, students have learned to read, have learned basic mathematical concepts, and are ready to begin more advanced levels of learning. As such, they are expected to pay much closer attention and follow along better than they ever have before. To the child with ADHD, this is a scenario that seems made for failure.

However, surviving the school years is not only possible for the child with ADHD, it is even possible for her to thrive. There are any number of things that you can do as a parent, and that his teachers can do to help compensate for his ADHD. You can ask that he receive preferential seating, for example, in which he is seated near the front of the second grade classroom. You can work out a system of cues, a secret code of sort, in which the teacher is able to remind the student that she needs to be paying attention. These techniques, and many more like them, are an important part of insuring that your child’s second grade experience is not defined only by her ADHD.

Teachers may or may not be able to do these sorts of things without some prodding, however. It is important that you become informed about what exactly your rights are, in this regard. Hopefully, the school will want what you want, which is for your child to survive the school years and come out the other side successfully. By getting your child’s educational team together, which should include the teacher, the school’s special education expert, any therapists that your child may have (such as a speech therapist), as well as the school’s psychologist or social worker or counselor, and even the principal, you have a much better chance of implementing the sorts of accommodations that your second grader needs to have in order to shine.

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