Tomorrow I'm going to the school talk to DS1's teacher and the KS1 leader (or something like that) about DS1's behaviour. He is 5yo and is in Y1.
He can't stop talking, he keeps interrupting class, he can't focus on certain tasks (sometimes it's writing, sometimes is changing for PE, for example. He will just daydream instead of changing, according to the teacher - which is exactly the same he does at home).
He is clever, creative, is good at reading and maths, but is struggling to behave the way he's supposed to. I have a feeling that he is not deliberately ignoring when the teacher tells him off, but he can't help the behaviour. He has always fidgeted a lot, talked non stop, etc.
We (me, at home, and the teacher at school) have been trying to teach him coping strategies to calm down, like breathing techniques.
I think, but don't know exactly how to explain, that it should be treated like any other difficulty. I mean - some children have difficulty with writing, some with maths, and he has difficulty to calm down and be quiet. But I feel sometimes people at school act as if he is deliberately misbehaving (of course he KNOWS how he should behave. But he doesn't misbehave on purpose, if it makes sense. Just like a child with trouble with maths knows what they're supposed to do, but they can't do)
The school has been very good so far, but DS1 can be so overwhelming that sometimes it's just frustrating to everyone. I want to help DS1 to learn how to function in society.
Any ideas of how I could approach it? Any suggestions?
TIA.
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Behaviour problems at Y1. Going to talk to teachers tomorrow.
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ishallconquerthat · 13/01/2016 23:27
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