My 8 Years Old Boy Get Distracted Easily, Tendency to Talk a Lot and Cannot Igno

If he is anything like my son, his thoughts are like a cage of squirrels - going everywhere, distracted by anything. One way to help (non-medicated) is to keep part of the squirrels distracted. A one footed stool or exercise ball to sit on or a swing bar at his feet has been shown to help tremendously. If that is not an option, you start with a small stress ball for his hands.

Also, moving him away from the kids he is most likely to talk with, at the front of the room, will give him fewer opportunities to be a distraction.

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Your son is in the 2nd or 3rd grade and this is the FIRST time teachers are saying anything?

Do they KNOW he has hearing loss? Do they know he has tubes in his ears? Communication is key with teachers.

Take your son to your pediatrician. Most offices/practices have one doctor that specializes in ADD/ADHD, etc. and ask for an appointment with the specialist. If they don't have one - ask for a referral to one. Then get him assessed.

Good luck!

I have a bit more questions I'd want to ask. Does the teacher know of he hearing loss? Did she say he was disruptive or that he just starts talking? Does she look to be a new teacher or someone who has been with the system a while? I would make a surprise visit to school and ask if you can watch a recess. See how he is getting on. Sit down and speak to your son. You need ask key phrases a 5 year old can respond. How are the kids punished if they misbehave. Who do you see as the one who gets the most in trouble. Why do you think that? He might do better in a montissori school. A little more freedom and the teacher/kid ratio will give him more attention.

My son has ADD - inattentive type, often called "girl add". It means he isn't hyper or disruptive, but little distractions - a sunbeam playing off an object, shiny, a kid breathing to loud, the scratching of pencils - normal classroom things, distract him. He is a really smart kid, honor roll and all that today, but we discovered his issue when his grades dropped and kept dropping. He was trying so hard and was sad and frustrated. It was late in 1st grade before he started to have these issues. We took him for a detailed evaluation (not a pediatrician, a neuropsych department) because we thought something else was wrong. The ADD surprised me, because I didn't know much back then. I had no idea there was more than one kind and assumed that it always included hyperactivity and behavior issues. With a combo of therapy to help him learn coping skills and medication on school days to help him in class, his grades went back up and his frustration with school went away. It isn't all sunshine and rainbows, but his life would be a mess if he hadn't got the help he needed.