I met with each of his teachers at the start of the year to let them know about his ADHD and that they could contact me at any time
. I was probably noticeably anxious about the change to middle school because his History teacher looked at me, smiled, and said: ‘Well, I have ADHD too, so I think we will get along just fine.’ And they did! This teacher took his ADHD in stride and managed to help my son through History class with only a few hiccups.”“There has yet to be a teacher who truly understands all of the complexities of ADHD, but we are very fortunate that my 3.
My ADHD son's teacher would buddy him up with an autistic girl in class. She would follow his directions and he took the time to listen to her without judging her. It was fabulous.