Understood.org and Your Child’s Mental Health
Hello! For most who know me or have read my profile, I am a single mom of 1 not-so-little boy. He's graduating 5th grade this year which means he enters middle school this September. So here's a brief idea of what we work through:
My son was diagnosed with ADHD at 5 years old. Even before then, he showed signs of such, however, we had to wait to see how things would change over the years. He started Pre-K around 3 years old while I was in work. Thankfully, I worked down the street at the local community center so I was able to pick him up every day.
Over the years we began seeing what his strengths lay and his weaknesses were. He showed such high ability to comprehend math and numbers. Despite what he likes to say and thinks, he retains things quite well in his mind and usually can play back everything word for word. However, what he couldn't comprehend was reading.
Don't get me wrong, he can read just fine and is at a level for his age and grade, but he can't comprehend it.
Being aware of this, as well as how much things change after elementary school, I have been looking up ways to help him out over the summer and to be prepared for the huge changes he will have to endure. He has registration coming up the first week of July and will receive a personal tour around the school, but his anxiety will still be there the day school starts.
During my research, I came across Understood.org. On the very first page, it asks you your child's struggles and you can pick more than one. It will ask for a grade and it brings you to a page with everything they have to help you understand the problems yourself, as well as how to help your child. It'll even offer to get personalized resources.
There's an immense amount of articles and ways to get help on how to understand your child and what they're struggling with. I'm highly suggesting this for those who wish to help their child and care about their mental health.
Your child's mental health is more important than their grades.
https://www.understood.org/en
