I have a six year old daughter who is having trouble concentrating at school, what can I do to help her?

Question

My daughter was born at full term but a tiny 5p7oz, she was born alert and healthy. She was late crawling, crawled for 2 weeks then started RUNNING and climbing at 9 m. At three she was tested for learning difficulties as she always ran everywhere & never listened, was very loud, destructive with limited vocabulary - nothing found. She seen a speech therapist & had intensive speech therapy until she was four & half, she worked with a occupational therapist as she had a low threshold to vestibular stimulation & completed exercises every morning, she has now outgrown this. She also sees a behaviourial optometrist and wears glasses as her left eye takes longer to focus then the right (only for reading and writing) with exercises she should only need them for 2 years. She has also been disgonosed with mild auditory sensory delay. All of these things should NOT have any affect on her concentration levels according to the specialists involved. She is a VERY bright child. What can I do?

Answer 1

Most 6 yr olds can't concentrate :) Work with her at home. Ask the teacher what she is having the most trouble with and work with both your little lady and the teacher. Some processes just don't work for all children. Some have hard times with sitting still for a long time, or dealing with one subject for a long time. Others just have a problem with how they are trying to teach it. ( I experienced this with my son)

Answer 2

tell her she needs to do a lil bit better

Answer 3

My son has speech problems, has always been advanced in many things but has an attention problem too, his eyes also are acting weird.  He was diagnosed with Sensory Intergration Disorder and Pervasive Developmental Disorder and is working with a councler, physical therapist, psychiatrist and will be seeing a occupational therapist soon.  He is going to be 6 in August.  I was told the PDD and sensory problems will affect the ability to pay attention as ADHD is usually part of PDD and can also tie into SI.

Answer 4

She probably has A.D.D. Wait for more signs before you put her on medicine.

Answer 5

try fish oil tablets. They are suppose to help improve concentration levels. Ask for her to sit by herself for less distraction at the front of the class.