Worrying that your child isn't going to the right school for them

I have had similar thoughts and feelings about my children and their experience in school also. Do you work full time? are you able to volunteer in his school. It might help you get a better idea of how things work in the school and help you to develop better relationships with his teachers. There are no guarantees that it will work, but it might be worth a try.

Have you had some honest sit down talks with the teachers at the school. Are there particular things you are worried about and how old is your child, what grade is he in. Getting a dx of ADD is not a bad thing and does not mean medication, it means therapy, ot, play therapy etc to teach him how to deal with ADD and are you sure it is ADD and not SPD, sensory processing disorder. Many kids were wrongly dx in past years with ADD when they in fact had SPD, doctors and therapist are becoming better at recognizing this disorder and getting the kids the help that they need. My children were dx when they were 15 months old, they have had therapy every since, my therapist have taken me under their wings and taught me so much. In fact I have read several of their school books, as I believe that the time in therapy a week is so short, you, as a parent need to know what to do to help your child the rest of the week. I am also one that believes that it is a parents responsibility to be an advocate for their children. In school, church, sports what ever it is they are doing. If you are uncomfortable with the school and what is going on then you need to get in there, write notes to the teachers, of things that work for your child, things that set him off, things that help calm him down. Teachers have so many students and if there is something you can tell him or her that will help them with your child you should share that information with them. As far as not getting him dx because of the fear of medication, you are harming him more by not getting the dx.