My youngest son is now 3 1/2 and is in his second yr. in pre school, He now goes 5 mornings a week for 2 and a 1/2 hrs a day.

He is going to the same pre school as his brother did and who has now been diagnosed with a.d.h.d. and d.a.m.p.

He is like his brother in many ways except he is really struggling with his speech and language which he is already getting some help with. and does not seem to be quite as hyper as his brother he is quite inattentive though and i would just say boisterous maybe.

So as you know its not really easy to tell in children who are that young if they are going to actually have adhd or if they are just developing differently (no two kids are the same are they)

So with the help of his play school teachers we have begun a daily diary on him. how he is each day his behaviour and so on while he is in school and i continue it for the time that he is with me for the rest of the day and weekends.

Its so hard to remember everything when you need to, days start to meld into one another and things are forgotten.

Has anyone else done anything similar to help them???????

Clawless, I think a diary is a good idea. We had the same problem because the older brother was soooooo bad it was hard to separate what was "learned" behaviour from copying his older brother, it was hard to just notice him in all the chaos, and he had "different" problems which could or could not have been ADD.

We did have him evaluated then at around the age of 5. The conclusion was that he WAS ADD inattentive, but that he was really good at coming up with coping mechanisms on his own. We have continued to watch and coach him with great success. No medications have been needed.

Observation is your best tool. Watch, too, to see what types of coping behaviours he comes up with. It was how he was behaving that clued us in to the problem. For example, he always said everything in opposites...when he wanted to go out, he said he wanted to go in, when he was hot, he said he was cold, when he wanted salt, he said he wanted sugar...it wasn't a problem because everybody including his kindergarten teachers knew he did this.

He was also way behind when it came to being able to draw, or use scissors, and he was INCREDIBLY clumsy. It often appeared to seem like he had hearing problems.

All little things which added up eventually, but like I said, he does fine with coaching.

Good luck....ask me anything you'd like....if it'll help.

Hugs,
Kim

Thanks Kim

It is hard to separate what is "learned" behaviour from copying his older brother, and i think that's why i started this diary.

I get a better idea of things he might be struggling with at school, and at home because its just focusing on him rather than comparing him to John.

Also i tend to write about the time we spend alone together much more than when the boys are together.

We thought that he might have had a hearing problem but after a hearing test apparently not. But we are working on his speech and language which is helping and hopefully he will soon be able to tell us more himself instead of us trying to interpret everything, we just could be getting it wrong which might be frustrating for him.

My youngest son is now 3 1/2 and is in his second yr. in pre school, He now goes 5 mornings a week for 2 and a 1/2 hrs a day.

He is going to the same pre school as his brother did and who has now been diagnosed with a.d.h.d. and d.a.m.p.

He is like his brother in many ways except he is really struggling with his speech and language which he is already getting some help with. and does not seem to be quite as hyper as his brother he is quite inattentive though and i would just say boisterous maybe.

So as you know its not really easy to tell in children who are that young if they are going to actually have adhd or if they are just developing differently (no two kids are the same are they)

So with the help of his play school teachers we have begun a daily diary on him. how he is each day his behaviour and so on while he is in school and i continue it for the time that he is with me for the rest of the day and weekends.

Its so hard to remember everything when you need to, days start to meld into one another and things are forgotten.

Has anyone else done anything similar to help them???????








Hi I am a dad of a ADD 4 yr old .(undiagnosed) his mom said to add that.

he is very very smart,
just cant talk as fast or has big of a vocab-
like a bunch of chatty 4yr old little girls.;)

They call it speach therapy 2x a week for like .30min or some times longer.

What has helped Hunter Boy:
1.Is omega-3 fish oil pills 2x's a day.(takes alongggg time to see the progress)

2.no milk,just rice milk and soy milk,

3.use inner arm to sound out multible cylable words ,to your child,to sound out words.******this helped the most******* it some how slows down the word and makes him understand how to say word.

so for BATHROOM,

we would say (finger by my inner-elbow-his eyes on my arm and finger)
i say look @ my arm and repeat after me****
Baaaaaa-TH-RooooooM *** can you say that Hunter?

BAMM he will say it like 60% of the time.

try it it really helps.

2.some try to bribe him with M&M's one mm for each word he sais correctly.

any questions just ASK,away.

Oh and when i remember i try and do FlashCards with him too.

Apraxia is new,speech problems for boys and afew girls from 15months and older/

I could be wrong,about it,I hope i am.big time.
I am so sorry if i am ,just wanted to help.

God Bless and Good Luck too.
please tell us what works best for you all.