Posted by MOMOFTHREE on January 1, 2002, at 12:28:08
Hi,
I am new to this board and am needing some help. My
13 year old boy was diagnosed with ADD/ADHD when he was
in 1st grade. He has been on ritalin and now is on aderall. We really struggled last year in junior high
but, this year it is worse. He is flunking all of his
classes. He has regular classes and 1 support class,
he is average or above in testing. He basiclly will waste a whole class doing nothing. It happens also at
home, for example we an have him clean his room for 3 hours (without games ect) and he will do nothing. I have tried even giving him one task at a time. Is he just being stubborn ? We have taken things away from him, and when he was doing sports- he was ineligiable
most of the time. I have another doctors appointment to
recheck meds tommorrow. Next week a big meeting with all of my sons teachers. I feel extremly frustrated and
the med checks and teacher meetings have been occurring
way more often the older he gets. Any suggestions ?
poster:MOMOFTHREE
thread:88427
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