boy scouts | ADHD Information

My son is a scout. They go camping once per month. One time the leader came home and said that ds had kept taking his seatbelt off. He's 11. So he told him he would not take him to any more camps if he didn''t keep his belt on. DS always wears his belt now. He asked me to talk to him too. So I did. Other then that my son has been ok. Now when he was in the last year of cubs there was a problem with him at a family camp. The leaders spoke with him and I. He wasn't allowed to attend the next cub meeting. They had this in the cub rules. My son is in cub scouts, just about ready to graduate to the next level.  He does very well, but I find that because of past bad behavior, before we started treatment, he is held to a higher standard than the other boys. I mean, if he gets out of his seat or talks out of turn in a pack meeting, it becomes an issue, but if another boys does it, it's handled very quietly or even ignored. This is extremely frustrating to me and my son. So, as you can see, we haven't figured out our own issues with scouts, so we don't have any good advice for you! Sorry!My son is a cub scout.  Since we have to attend the meetings and the camping trips, we make sure our son behaves.  I find that the "non" adhd children have a hard time following directions.  My son knows if he is not on his best bahavior, he will not get to participate in the campouts in the future.  By the way, we love scouts!

Any of your sons in boy scouts?

Just curious, since boy scouts has little parent involvement on camping trips, what are some troubles your ds has and maybe some strategies the scout leader has used to help.

We're still in cub scouts so parents are required to be with their child on camping trips.  I think it's almost worse in a way because there are several parents of children with "issues" who do not pay any attention to their child even when they are doing blatently dangerous things (like wrestling next to the fire or hitting people with large sticks).  If the children are doing things that are dangerous another parent or leader will always put an end to it, but it can be awkward for the leaders if the child is misbehaving or disruptive and the parent doesn't do anything. 

I'd be interested to hear how this is handled in boy scouts- maybe it could give me a few ideas.