10 yr old boy with adhd won’t sit down for tutoring
Hey guys I really just need some advice on what to do.
I’m a private tutor which means I work with all sorts of children between 5 and 18, of all different academic capabilities.
I got a new student last week who has ADHD, which isn’t uncommon, i’ve worked with lots of students with ADHD before but nothing like this.
Well, I met this new student and when I first walked in I had a sit down conversation with the mother who told me that all he likes to do is play on his iPad. They’ve tried all sorts of hobbies and sports for him before and nothing has really stuck, he just reverts back to the iPad whenever he gets the chance.
When I finally met him, he wouldn’t even look at me because he was playing roblox. After about 10 minutes his mother finally got him to put down the iPad and we had a short conversation about pokemon which I thought was good to try and build a rapport.
But he straight up refused to sit down and do any sort of work with me. After about 15 minutes he didn’t even really want to talk to me at all actually. So i went into another room with the mother and she told me that if she tries to take the iPad away for a long period of time he threatens to kill himself and jump off a balcony.
I guess I’m just trying to figure out how to do my job. I don’t know how i’m supposed to tutor him if he refuses to sit down with me for even five minutes. My company does 90 minute sessions, and i think that there’s is absolutely 0 chance he will do 90 minute tutoring.
She said that he’s done all the therapies, tests, medications and whatnot and she’s not really sure what else she can do. I’m not really sure either.
I just really want to help this boy. I want him to get the education he deserves. He’s already behind all of his peers, and it seems like the school is no help and says he’s achieving average results but from what I saw, he is not achieving to a grade 3 standard.
please, any advice is welcome.
TLDR: my 10 year old student is addicted to the iPad, and I don’t know how to tutor him if he won’t sit down with me and work.