The decisions facing families are impossible. For families of children with ADHD, especially those who receive services and accommodations through an IEP or 504 Plan, they are worse than impossible.
, far more of you reported feeling more concerned about coronavirus than you were the week before. In total,and only 8% of you said you feel better than you did a few weeks ago.
“I feel like I’m being forced to choose between my child’s mental health and his physical health ,” wrote one mother of a 2nd grader and a 5th grader with ADHD. “There is no good option.” “I feel adrift,” wrote a New York mother whose 7th grader has ADHD. “I am still waiting to hear from my school, but something tells me that my child with ADHD and anxiety will not do well with a school situation where everyone is afraid of each other or where things are changing day to day. I feel like remote learning is at least a more sustainable option, but there are many sacrifices there.”
“We have a newborn in the house and also help care for my elderly mother, so we are forced to do 100% distance learning; we have no choice,” wrote the mother of a 5th grader with ADHD and 2nd grader with ODD in Mississippi. “This is not ideal for my boys. They need socialization and structure, but we cannot take the health risk.”
“I am a teacher in a school district that will open for face-to-face instruction in just a couple weeks,” wrote one educator with ADHD and anxiety in New Mexico. “I have chronic health issues and don’t know what I will do.” “It was a total disaster,” wrote the mother of an 8th grader with ADHD in Oregon. “I dread the fall, knowing that things may not be much different. Teachers simply don’t have the training, and I have little confidence in my district that they will provide better training and expectations for teachers.”
Many parents reported new, distressing signs of emotional or psychological turmoil in their children this summer. We are hearing reports of lashing out, sleeping all day, and pulling away from family members. All of these behaviors are understood, but also difficult to witness and even harder to remedy.
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