Re: Hi every one, new to this group!

arabella via FamilyKB.com wrote:
Ericka Kammerer wrote:
At three years of age it is not possible to diagnose a child with ADHD, the
braid has not developed enough. It is absurd that the teacher would even
suggest such a thing.
Where did the OP say that the teacher suggested having
the kid diagnosed with ADHD? She merely said that the teacher
observed that the child's behavior might be outside normal
bounds, and a preschool teacher *ought* to be sharing
observations with parents.

Best wishes,
Ericka
What is outside normal for a three year old?

Have you had a child who turned out later on to be
diagnosed with an issue? If not, on what do you base this
assertion that there is no such thing as abnormal behavior
for a three year old?

Running non-stop is not out of
the norm for a three year old. My Nephew ran non-stop until he was six. Now
he is seven, and he is very focused, and calm. Some kids are just more active
than others. You just can't know, or assume that there is a problem. As a teacher, the woman should know that not all children are the same.

I have no idea about the OP's teacher. Of the preschool
teachers *I* know, most have seen *many* preschoolers (many more
than the average parent) and are acutely aware that there is a
wide range of normal. They're also capable of spotting kids who
may not be within normal bounds. While ADHD is not usually diagnosed
that early (and it is occasionally diagnosed that early in extreme
cases), there are plenty of other behaviors outside the norm that
justify referrals to appropriate developmental specialists. Why
do you think the birth to three intervention programs are so
critical?

If she thinks that there is something out of the normal, what does she think
is wrong?

She's a *teacher*. It's not her job to diagnose, but it
is her job to communicate with parents, particularly when there's
something that seems outside the normal range going on.

When people tell you there is something going on, they usually tell you what
they think it could be.

If they're teachers, I certainly *hope* they're not
suggesting diagnoses. They're not trained to do that, and it's
unethical.

Why did the childs parents take him to the pediatrician and ask about ADHD If
they knew about it already?

The OP already said that this child seemed different to
her, and she has four kids. If a teacher mentioned a concern to
you, would you not follow up on it and start asking some questions?
And it isn't exactly rocket science to ask about ADHD if you have a
child whose activity level is off the charts, regardless of whether
someone has suggested that diagnosis to you, nor would it be unusual
for a physician to bring it up as a future possibility when a
parent asks about an unusually high activity level.

Best wishes,
Ericka
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