So I asked for a meeting with the sen and DD2 teacher as it's become very apparent to me that DD2 doesn't seem to be able to focus well or consume information. She is 8, in year 3.
I'm just not exactly sure what it is that I'm asking of the school.... I'm also not sure how much to share with them and expose or speak negatively of my child to others.
They've kicked off some small group interventions across the whole school for kids that need it following all the home school learning and she has been joined to both maths and English. She tells me she likes these sessions as she can contribute more so focus more.
At home she can flip from calm and happy to screaming at me (like if I touch or move her lego) or crying hysterically.
She had a few weeks of reluctance to go to school which is when I requested the meeting. At home she cannot sit still... she's not hyper, I don't think, just can't sit still, for example the chair will shift across the dining table or the fidgeting and bugging her other sisters etc
She also recently has been pinching things from school friends (I've made a couple of things I've been aware of be returned) and recently money from her older sisters purse. When questioned and discussed it miraculously reappeared in dd1 drawer (having heard her clamber around in the bedroom following the conversation on her birthday money not being in her purse). I would have thought 8 was too old for this behavior.
She is also very tuned in to being the middle child and references it quite clearly at times.
I just want her to get the best from her education but what am I needing to ask and should I limit what I share with her teachers. I think she is probably a sweet girl out of my house but flick to angry or upset very quickly and is very unfocused - can this be a sign of anything else?
Thanks all