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<blockquote data-quote="helpangel" data-source="post: 261624" data-attributes="member: 7170"><p>Hi I'm new here too, isn't this a cool site! I guess the only ? I would have at this point is how are the kids sleeping? The reason I ask is when my kids were doing the most poorly was when they weren't getting adequate rest at night.</p><p></p><p>For what its worth I fell for the old "it's adHd thing too, unfortunately Angel's reaction to the stimulants put her into a psychiatric hospital when she was 6yo. The advise to get a neuropsychologist exam is a very good idea. I think you are right not to give the medications until you find out whats going on, sounds like they gave the wrong type medications. 4 hours seems like a long time to do homework for a 13yo, I would be sad too. I would discuss with the school getting an IEP because even if not medicating for Adhd they could still classify her as OHI (other health impairment) and give her an accomodation like limiting homework to 1 hour or one subject a night, or if all the excess homework is in one subject - offer a resource room for that one class so she can get more of the work done at school. She could probably use some help getting organized if she's anything like my kids.</p><p></p><p>For your son if a teacher says they think he might have adHd I would thank them for their concern and ask the school to do psychological testing. Our district uses ASEBA - Child behavior checklist the copywright is held by T Achenbach (consists of checklists for parent, student & teacher to complete) I have the schools do them on both my girls every 3 years as part of the routine before the IEP meeting. When Ms12's psychiatrist tried to say adHd I pulled out the 5 page report from the school and showed him on the graphs yes she's in the borderline range for attention but I'm much more concerned about the clinical range for affective disorders & depression. I knew she needed some kind of medications I just wanted to avoid the mistake I made with her sister and start with the right type medications. Whether to medicate or not is a personal decision; I feel its nice to know what is going on so proper accomodations can be made.</p><p></p><p>Again welcome</p><p>Nancy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="helpangel, post: 261624, member: 7170"] Hi I'm new here too, isn't this a cool site! I guess the only ? I would have at this point is how are the kids sleeping? The reason I ask is when my kids were doing the most poorly was when they weren't getting adequate rest at night. For what its worth I fell for the old "it's adHd thing too, unfortunately Angel's reaction to the stimulants put her into a psychiatric hospital when she was 6yo. The advise to get a neuropsychologist exam is a very good idea. I think you are right not to give the medications until you find out whats going on, sounds like they gave the wrong type medications. 4 hours seems like a long time to do homework for a 13yo, I would be sad too. I would discuss with the school getting an IEP because even if not medicating for Adhd they could still classify her as OHI (other health impairment) and give her an accomodation like limiting homework to 1 hour or one subject a night, or if all the excess homework is in one subject - offer a resource room for that one class so she can get more of the work done at school. She could probably use some help getting organized if she's anything like my kids. For your son if a teacher says they think he might have adHd I would thank them for their concern and ask the school to do psychological testing. Our district uses ASEBA - Child behavior checklist the copywright is held by T Achenbach (consists of checklists for parent, student & teacher to complete) I have the schools do them on both my girls every 3 years as part of the routine before the IEP meeting. When Ms12's psychiatrist tried to say adHd I pulled out the 5 page report from the school and showed him on the graphs yes she's in the borderline range for attention but I'm much more concerned about the clinical range for affective disorders & depression. I knew she needed some kind of medications I just wanted to avoid the mistake I made with her sister and start with the right type medications. Whether to medicate or not is a personal decision; I feel its nice to know what is going on so proper accomodations can be made. Again welcome Nancy [/QUOTE]
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