Sharing because I can’t share with DH…

[tunnocksreturns2019]

Took me five years to get a diagnosis of inattentive type ADHD for my DS, now 12. He started medication just after October half term. I asked his teachers for feedback via the SENCO. As I can’t share with late DH, here are some of their comments:

"I was wondering what had happened to him! He has completed more work than he has done for the entire year. Absolutely brilliant. He really seemed to enjoy the lesson too which was really nice. Worked really hard"

"He only needs one instruction now and gets on with it. He is on time, and works for the whole lesson without drifting off"

"For me there is a significant and sustained improvement"

"He is completing much more work than he used to and is taking better care of his book"

"He makes good choices - if a pupil irritates him he asks to move away"

"More focused and productive"

It’s the start rather than the end of a road but I am so delighted. Widowed parenting is NOT easy but maybe I’m getting some things right after all

Amazing well done you and DS!! Having ADHD myself it is honestly like a fog is cleared when you start medication.

This is wonderful to hear. That is some persistence and tenacity. Well done to your good boy, well done his Mum

Congrats OP on the good news for your son x

Oh wow that's really lovely!
Thanks for sharing.
Well done OP and your DS 🙌✨✨✨

Wonderful ❤️

Fantasitic well done mum

Wonderful news 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I hope you find a way to give yourself a huge treat! Well done what an awesome mum you are. Your late DH must be watching over you with so much pride x x x

What a lovely thread for Christmas OP, in the midst of all the doom and gloom!

Well done Master Teacake and @tunnocksreturns2019.

And of course a shout out to Caramel Wafer the Latin speaking cat and his teacher, Miss Caramel Log 😬

That’s wonderful news, so pleased you’ve had a positive element to your day.

You are an amazingly strong woman.

Now that's what I call a Christmas present! Well done to DS, you, and the care he's now getting.

@mathanxiety

You are an amazingly strong woman.

Well. I WFH today and cried between meetings whilst working.

But I never give up.

This is wonderful news OP!
That news was destined to arrive today.

Well done MiniTunnocks that’s awesome ♥️

This is wonderful. I'm thrilled for you all x

Oh man this has made me cry!! Well done little tunnock and well done you. Hope you have a lovely Christmas.

So sorry for your loss. You and your son are doing amazingly! Congratulations to you both! Hope he is feeling empowered and inspired by all the positive feedback (ok, that sounds stupidly corporate but I hope you know what I mean).

That is genuinely the best thing I've heard all day. Congratulations, your DH would be so proud of you all x

Gosh, how lovely, and moving in the light of your husbands death. Congratulations to you and your son on his successes at school.

That is lovely news. Well done to you and your dc, and extra commiserations on your lovely dh's death.

Thank you

I have had small celebration with a glass of whilst present wrapping, and I might have tucked into some Piper’s Cider Vinegar crisps which were actually for Christmas

DS accepted a small chocolate orange snowman earlier but didn’t actually want to hear the praise. It was an “Oh really? Look at this amazing thing on YouTube” moment