What month did/will you son turn five? Did he attend a pre-K or preschool program?
The teacher needs to show your child that this behaviour is not acceptable. Maybe the teacher could instigate a special "secret" method for your child to get her attention. With some cildren I have used a quick sticker chart. The objective being not to scream - Using inside voice - make it bright and have it achievable. Reward has to come within the day or even a session so that your child knows that is the right thing to do. Doing the right thing is a good thing!! I saw a behaviour mod video of severe ADHD kids and the teacher gave praise often to reinforce good behaviour. They had a vibrating buzzer that they set at an interval of 5 minutes at first. The teacher would then comment on being on task, or what ever desired behaviour. Child was rewarded with a disk - and praise. This maybe every 5 minutes for the first hour. Punishment is probably not the way to go as he is getting attention - catching him during desired behaviour will be better. For the last 20 years, I have used at times a marble jar for my own kids as well as my students. When the jar is filled then the whole class gets to something special - The teacher could do this as well and focus on manners and get your child involved in the gaining of the reward. My 5 year olds loved my superman and princess cape and would walk over coals to win the right to wear them out to play. This is a big ask for some teachers, but it will only take a few days to break this behaviour. With my own son, when I tried to get the teacher to instigate this she sourly retorted - he'll have to do the right thing first before he gets any praise from me!!!! Good luck!!Last year when my younger daughter was in preschool age 4 she was making noise during class and disruptive. The teacher used a check mark system. She told ehr every tiome she made disruptive noises she would get a check mark. If she got 5 check marks in one day she would lose use of the toy animals (her favorite at the time) the following day. This happened once. She got to 5 they took away the animals, she stopped. If something like this can be done in conjunction with a positive plan it will work great. I am all for praise along with consequence. So if he can go say all morning no chek marks her gets a sticker, and then all afternoon no check marks another sticker, like that......at first it should be broken down into half days I would think. Then if he gets so many check marks a consequence.
My daughter only went to school 2 1/2 hours last year, so 5 check marks in her day was a LOT .
Just for info, extreme emotions and anger problems ARE a side effect of Adderral for some. I would definatly talk to doc about that. I also agree a behaivior modification program needs to be put in place. But if he is having trouble with the meds the behaivior problem might not change anything. Also, if he is in a public school, a 504 plan might be of some help.spamula39329.3383449074Also, I can't say enough about finding the right teacher. We have disocvered that 8 yr old DD with ADHD does MUCH better in a calm, organized class. Her teacher last year was AWESOME, but vey disorganized and from what othe moms told me, there was constant chaos in the class. Although my dd LOVED her teacher, there were a number of occasions she came home totally wound up and when doing homwork, it was as if she had never seen the material before.
In kindergarten, the year beofre, she had a calm teacher and classroom, and we never had those problems. For this year, I wrote a letter and requested as calm an atomsphere for her as possible, and she is doing SO much better. And, LOVES school and her teacher.
My son is actually 6. I had him in private kinder last year with 8 other kids in the class and now I'm having him repeat in public kinder with 20 other kids in class. I was hoping that it would give him a chance to learn other social/coping/focus skills in a much larger environment. It just seems that the transition has been tough.
I will try a reward system with him and the teacher to see if that helps. Everyday on our way to school I ask him to show me the correct way to tell the teacher he needs help and of course he can do it then when things are calm and not in the heat of the moment for him. I am just hoping that with those reminders and incentive to remember the better way to get attention that it will help him soon.
We go back to the psych next week and I'll talk to him about switching the meds. I don't think the Adderall is right for him.
The school can have someone, a councelor, teach him the difference between an indoor and outdoor voice. My son has been taught this but doesn't remember to use the volume of voice in the proper context very often. He does use it at school better. I am hearing impaired and he needs to talk louder to me so that is part of the problem. They can also teach him how to properly raise his hand when addressing the teacher. I would write down all that you know that needs to be worked on and take it with you to the meeting to be sure it is addressed. Make sure there is a system of rewards for him for doing the right thing. Positive goes alot farther than negative. Your son is probably overly stimulated at school and this might be causing alot of his outbursts. My son reacts quite badly when he is over stimulated. The newness of school is just sometimes to much and until he is used to it he may have behavioral problems. We just completed the first week of school and I received phone calls on 2 days about my kindergartner's behavior. The thing that is getting him in the most trouble is screaming in the classroom if he does not like what is going on. If someone else is talking to the teacher and he needs something he screams. If he is given a choice that he doesn't like he screams. I have to have a conference with the teacher and asst principal next week and want to bring a behavior modification plan to the table but do not know of a good one. Any suggestions?