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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 18765" data-attributes="member: 701"><p>There's so many kids and parents coming through here that I can't keep many straight in terms of evaluations/specialists/diagnosis so there may be something major here that I missed. This is my opinion so take that for what it's worth-- </p><p></p><p>When children are this young and doctors start talking about adding a third medication I get very, very nervous and if it were me I would be stepping back and getting second opinions on the evaluations and treatment recommendations. I also think it's in the child's best interest to step back and re-evaluate all the medications instead of keeping adding on to fix this problem and that problem. Please understand I'm not totally anti-medication here but if he can't do any task without the teacher are non-medication solutions such as getting a 1:1 aide being considered? I worked with my daughter's class yesterday and the by far brightest kid in the class got half of what everyone else did because he could not stay on task so it's a very legitimate option. The aide provides the "structure" that the classroom teacher doesn't have time to do.</p><p></p><p>The other thought I have for you to research is I have known parents of a few children report that their child's over the top distractability was sensory seeking but not in the way that we would typically associate it with. These kids literally needed the stimulus of the physical environment to what I can best describe as orient themselves in space or in a particular environment. The result is the same as ADD/ADHD in that the child can't attend but it has a different feel to it. They are finding out that sensory is far bigger than just Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) and the new term is Sensory Processing Disorder if that helps any. I'll try and remember where I saw parents post about it and dig up more info if I can.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 18765, member: 701"] There's so many kids and parents coming through here that I can't keep many straight in terms of evaluations/specialists/diagnosis so there may be something major here that I missed. This is my opinion so take that for what it's worth-- When children are this young and doctors start talking about adding a third medication I get very, very nervous and if it were me I would be stepping back and getting second opinions on the evaluations and treatment recommendations. I also think it's in the child's best interest to step back and re-evaluate all the medications instead of keeping adding on to fix this problem and that problem. Please understand I'm not totally anti-medication here but if he can't do any task without the teacher are non-medication solutions such as getting a 1:1 aide being considered? I worked with my daughter's class yesterday and the by far brightest kid in the class got half of what everyone else did because he could not stay on task so it's a very legitimate option. The aide provides the "structure" that the classroom teacher doesn't have time to do. The other thought I have for you to research is I have known parents of a few children report that their child's over the top distractability was sensory seeking but not in the way that we would typically associate it with. These kids literally needed the stimulus of the physical environment to what I can best describe as orient themselves in space or in a particular environment. The result is the same as ADD/ADHD in that the child can't attend but it has a different feel to it. They are finding out that sensory is far bigger than just Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) and the new term is Sensory Processing Disorder if that helps any. I'll try and remember where I saw parents post about it and dig up more info if I can. [/QUOTE]
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