MicheleB
05-08-2008, 11:50 PM
This sounds so bizarre, but it just all seems like it has to fit together somehow.
My ds will be 8 in June. He is in ST for articulation issues and it was mentioned he *might* have APD.
Here's what I see and am wondering what this might mean:
He is playing baseball this year. When he is up to bat and he is "walked", he stands there like he's confused. He is supposed to lay his bat down at home plate, but he kind of walks a step or two, shift his bat to his other hand, stops, it's like a light bulb goes on and he lays his bat down, then walks to base. But it almost seems like he can't coordinate it all without really stopping and thinking. It seems so automatic with the other players.
When it's his turn to bat, he gets his helmet on with three other players. Before it's his turn to bat, he's the "bat boy" meaning he picks up the bat from the previous batter. BUT, he never is ready when it's his turn to go out. He says he doesn't remember it's his turn. It's like he's in outer space somewhere. The coaches are yelling his name, telling him to get a bat and it takes him a little bit to "hear" and then get his bat and go out.
When he's on base, he's supposed to look at his coach to tell him what to do. He always forgets. He'll stay on base while every other player on the team is running to a new base, thus he and another player end up on base together. Then it's like the light-bulb moment again and he realizes he's supposed to run.
I see the coach giving him instructions and later I'll ask him and he'll say, "I have no idea what he told me." I can tell... his face looks blank or totally confused.
Some of this stuff I wonder if it is ADHD type of behavior. Because he tends to want to "move" or do other things while listening; he also seems like a space cadet a lot of the time.
Does it still seem like APD? Or does it seem like there are other things in the mix? I can see how it could be APD-ish, but the laying the bat down thing is odd to me. And I guess if I really think about it, he does that with other things... needs to think *how* he'll do something that seems like it should be automatic.
My ds will be 8 in June. He is in ST for articulation issues and it was mentioned he *might* have APD.
Here's what I see and am wondering what this might mean:
He is playing baseball this year. When he is up to bat and he is "walked", he stands there like he's confused. He is supposed to lay his bat down at home plate, but he kind of walks a step or two, shift his bat to his other hand, stops, it's like a light bulb goes on and he lays his bat down, then walks to base. But it almost seems like he can't coordinate it all without really stopping and thinking. It seems so automatic with the other players.
When it's his turn to bat, he gets his helmet on with three other players. Before it's his turn to bat, he's the "bat boy" meaning he picks up the bat from the previous batter. BUT, he never is ready when it's his turn to go out. He says he doesn't remember it's his turn. It's like he's in outer space somewhere. The coaches are yelling his name, telling him to get a bat and it takes him a little bit to "hear" and then get his bat and go out.
When he's on base, he's supposed to look at his coach to tell him what to do. He always forgets. He'll stay on base while every other player on the team is running to a new base, thus he and another player end up on base together. Then it's like the light-bulb moment again and he realizes he's supposed to run.
I see the coach giving him instructions and later I'll ask him and he'll say, "I have no idea what he told me." I can tell... his face looks blank or totally confused.
Some of this stuff I wonder if it is ADHD type of behavior. Because he tends to want to "move" or do other things while listening; he also seems like a space cadet a lot of the time.
Does it still seem like APD? Or does it seem like there are other things in the mix? I can see how it could be APD-ish, but the laying the bat down thing is odd to me. And I guess if I really think about it, he does that with other things... needs to think *how* he'll do something that seems like it should be automatic.