Teacher Gives Out Candy to ADHD child | ADHD Information

I am so mad.  My child has ADHD and we do not give her much sugar and when we do we have to watch her behavior.  We even have the no sugar rule on her ISP at school and her psychologist has written a letter to her teacher stating that she can not have candy.  The teacher ignores this and gives her candy anyway.  She will not let her eat it in her class but tells my 7 year old child to eat it later. Then my child will eat it in the afterschool program.  After that she kicks and hits her teachers there and throws the clipboard across the room.  I have been to the school countless times and they act like they understand but they continue to give her candy.  I have to pick my child up from school because she acts out after she has the candy.  What more can I do?

you can file a grievance with the school board for not following the IEP. The school has too follow the instructions including the candy. You need to go to the principal.

Are you sure it is the sugar and not the artificial colors and flavors? I would bring it to the Principals attention, since they are ultimately responsible  for it.  I too have this problem with my son's school. They have been told that i don't want my son to have candy or pop because he has a very bad reaction from it (i'm not sure if it is the sugar or the colourings etc in it)  but, he has come home a few times with treats or wrappers from stuff he got from school. Halloween day he came home from school and he was acting crazy. I asked him if he had any treats at school. He told me he had a few. I looked in his school bag and i found 10 wrappers from candies and small chocolate bars!!!! Lets just say it wasn't a very Happy Halloween as he was extremely hyper, whiney and mouthy.

Mattsmom
How dare they give your child what you have identified as an allergen?
They should respect your wishes just as they would with a child with a nut
or dairy allergy. Why on earth do people think that children have a right
to sugary treats?!?
    My son's school (private) has a no-sugar policy that is pretty well
enforced, though most parties have "fruit snacks" and granola bars and
Sunny Delight, but that is about as bad as it gets. When I picked him up
Wednesday, he and a particularly hyperactive fifth grader were in the
office on the chill-out bench. I swear they were both vibrating. Turns out
that a parent had sent peanutbutter and jelly sandwiches cut into
pumpkin shapes and dyed orange, and he had several, plus fruit roll-ups,
etc. He was unbelievably out of control that night. I have never seen him
like that. The next day he slumped into school and the same fifth grader
was there, looking hung-over. "d'you get to trick or treat?" "Nope., you?"
"No." They both looked like grown-ups who had partied too hard on New
Years Eve and knew they had no one to blame but themselves. I think he
might actually want to avoid artificial colors for a while. Yeah!
    Would they give peanut butter to a kid with peanut allergies?  Can you get something from your doctor?  That might scare them into compliance. I sent a letter stating that she should not have sugar from her Psychologist.  I called the head of the Special Education program Friday.  Today he called me back and said that the teacher felt sorry for Janie and that was why she gave it to her.  I bring Sugar Free Candy for her. Good for you. Now she will feel a part of things but get sugar-free at the same time. < =text/>_popupControl(); Is it possible that the school is in a bit of a pinch about how to handle things like Halloween parties without giving your child the treats that the others get? When I was a preschool teacher, I had a child with a severe peanut allergy in my room. When Halloween and Christmas came around, her mother and I made sure that she had treats that were okay for her, but were still clearly candy-type treats. Imagine how your child would feel if all the others got candy and none for her. Search for something that you would feel comfortable with being used as a treat (which your child will also see as a treat) or motivational tool at school and then provide it.