DD has been in so much trouble ever since she started high school last year. She's nearing the end of Year 7 and her exams are starting tomorrow.
She's had problems following school rules and sticking to them. She's had so many detentions, exclusions, isolations and having to report to her head of year every day. Her entire school life is just littered with punishments, and I'm not feeling sorry for her.
I've noticed the things she does and says her impulsivity, forgetfulness and inability to stay focused on homework leads me to think she may have ADHD. We got the papers back from CAMHS and yesterday she saw those papers. She saw the checklist and is now acting like she actually has it and has become rude, boisterous, full of attitude and swearing at her elder siblings who are adults. She's really milking it by pushing the boundaries and seeing how far she can go. It's now in her head that she's allowed to play up.
I'm tired of talking and explaining things to her. I do my best to make her life easy and organise so she can focus. I'm a single mum and today she's gone to her dad's with her two sisters and they've told me how rebellious and naughty she's been. She's refused to complete her homework and says she doesn't care anymore.
I wrote here last week about her having her final warning meeting at school. The Head had given her tasks to do, detentions to see through and being on report. She was remorseful but now she just doesn't care.
I'm at my wit's end. Do I email the SENCO team at school tomorrow and fill them in or just wait until her paperwork is processed and she's seen by the mental health team?
I'm very concerned she'll not be able to do well in her exams.
Please help me. Thank you.