children with adhd
Jul 27th 2005, 9:37 am
#1
BE Enthusiast
Thread Starter
Joined: Feb 2005
Location: Melbourne, since 19th Jan 2006
Posts: 596
children with adhd
Just a question - has anyone got children with adhd in the Melbourne area and how have they found the schooling copes with it.
Jul 27th 2005, 9:50 am
#2
Master of verbal pish©
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 22,198
Re: children with adhd
Originally Posted by coxfamuk
Just a question - has anyone got children with adhd in the Melbourne area and how have they found the schooling copes with it.
Jul 27th 2005, 10:07 am
#3
BE Enthusiast
Thread Starter
Joined: Feb 2005
Location: Melbourne, since 19th Jan 2006
Posts: 596
Re: children with adhd
Originally Posted by soapy
ask donna Madsad. they are in queensland, but they got a lot of answers from others in Oz i think.
Jul 27th 2005, 10:36 am
#4
Master of verbal pish©
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 22,198
Re: children with adhd
Originally Posted by coxfamuk
thanks soapy - will do
Jul 27th 2005, 10:47 am
#5
Rocket Scientist
Joined: Aug 2003
Location: Dreamland AKA Brisbane which is a different country to the UK
Posts: 6,911
Re: children with adhd
Hi Sarah, did you get the PM I sent you about 3 weeks ago about it?
Jul 27th 2005, 1:35 pm
#6
Loving it in Bundy
Joined: Sep 2003
Location: Bundaberg, Australia
Posts: 1,775
Re: children with adhd
Hi Sarah,
Not in Oz yet and have no children but when I was doing research in preparation for applying for NOOSR etc I came across loads of school info. On the Queensland site I found copies of all their policies, including one for pupils with ADD/ADHD. This in itself leads me to believe that children with ADHD are well cared for and educated. I hope this helps.
Sarah
Not in Oz yet and have no children but when I was doing research in preparation for applying for NOOSR etc I came across loads of school info. On the Queensland site I found copies of all their policies, including one for pupils with ADD/ADHD. This in itself leads me to believe that children with ADHD are well cared for and educated. I hope this helps.
Sarah
Jul 27th 2005, 3:37 pm
#7
BE Enthusiast
Thread Starter
Joined: Feb 2005
Location: Melbourne, since 19th Jan 2006
Posts: 596
Re: children with adhd
Originally Posted by MrsDagboy
Hi Sarah, did you get the PM I sent you about 3 weeks ago about it?
I did actually get your PM - I was just trying to find out if anyone had first hand experience of ADHD in schools in the Melbourne area. when we were there for holiday in December and I mentioned it to friends of my SIL, they seemed to accept it alot more readily and it gave me the feeling that it is generally alot more accepted than here in the UK. So I was just trying to get a feel for the general feeling over there, if that makes sense
I still believe that life over there will still be better for Jordan, although I am under no illusion that we will have our moments (you know what I mean!). He is looking forward to going, but also very apprehensive. We just want what is best for the children. Jess, our eldest, has been to five different schools (and she is in year 7!) because we moved around alot in the early years of our marriage, so getting her into a secure environment is imperative as well and with Jordan having ADHD we seriously need to find the school that is going to cope with his lack of attention and occasional outburst. It is causing grey hairs I can tell you.
Thanks for the info though.
Sarah
Jul 27th 2005, 3:42 pm
#8
Crazy Cat Lady
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 65,493
Re: children with adhd
Originally Posted by coxfamuk
Hey there Mrs DB
I did actually get your PM - I was just trying to find out if anyone had first hand experience of ADHD in schools in the Melbourne area. when we were there for holiday in December and I mentioned it to friends of my SIL, they seemed to accept it alot more readily and it gave me the feeling that it is generally alot more accepted than here in the UK. So I was just trying to get a feel for the general feeling over there, if that makes sense
I still believe that life over there will still be better for Jordan, although I am under no illusion that we will have our moments (you know what I mean!). He is looking forward to going, but also very apprehensive. We just want what is best for the children. Jess, our eldest, has been to five different schools (and she is in year 7!) because we moved around alot in the early years of our marriage, so getting her into a secure environment is imperative as well and with Jordan having ADHD we seriously need to find the school that is going to cope with his lack of attention and occasional outburst. It is causing grey hairs I can tell you.
Thanks for the info though.
Sarah
I did actually get your PM - I was just trying to find out if anyone had first hand experience of ADHD in schools in the Melbourne area. when we were there for holiday in December and I mentioned it to friends of my SIL, they seemed to accept it alot more readily and it gave me the feeling that it is generally alot more accepted than here in the UK. So I was just trying to get a feel for the general feeling over there, if that makes sense
I still believe that life over there will still be better for Jordan, although I am under no illusion that we will have our moments (you know what I mean!). He is looking forward to going, but also very apprehensive. We just want what is best for the children. Jess, our eldest, has been to five different schools (and she is in year 7!) because we moved around alot in the early years of our marriage, so getting her into a secure environment is imperative as well and with Jordan having ADHD we seriously need to find the school that is going to cope with his lack of attention and occasional outburst. It is causing grey hairs I can tell you.
Thanks for the info though.
Sarah
Jul 27th 2005, 3:43 pm
#9
BE Enthusiast
Thread Starter
Joined: Feb 2005
Location: Melbourne, since 19th Jan 2006
Posts: 596
Re: children with adhd
Originally Posted by moneypen20
PM Hevs. She's been there (is there) and has the t-shirt (and the child)
Sarah
