Adhd interventions
Common Questions and Answers about Adhd interventions
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I am interested in interventions that can help him improve on all areas of weakness. I agree whole hearted that even if he is ADHD or not retaining him is not the answer. I asked them several times how does retaining him improve the areas of concern. I agree people are misdiagnosing children rapidly and it is a shame. I am a school teacher and I see students who have been misdiagnosed as an answer to lack of structure and classroom mgt.
The evaluation should be conducted by a child psychiatrist. Hyperactivity of the sort that is typical of children who display ADHD is a neurological condition and requires a biological treatment (depending on severity) in addition to non-pharmacological interventions. A helpful book to read is Russell Barkley's Taking Charge of ADHD. It is written for parents of children who display ADHD.
Our 8 year old son has recently been diagnosed with Asperger and ADHD. Currently he is taking 10 mg of Adderall XRT (the dose was lowered from 15 mg). Ever since he is on this medication he is showing increased signs of anxiety regarding food safety and some OCD traits (increased hand washing). His anxieties about his food possibly being poisoned are really affecting our home life and cause him true anguish. Is it possible that the medication is causing this dramatic increase in anxiety?
First, medication is not the first line of defense/offense: "Should a child require treatment for ADHD, the AAP recommends a set of age-specific, first-line strategies for intervention. This is an important difference from the previous guidelines and stems from a wealth of new evidence on ADHD treatment of preschool children and adolescents.
Same old same old, even though he started taking AdderallXR towards the end of the school year last year with what seemed to be an improvement. I am now wondering if he has ADHD/inattentive type at all?! He cannot get organized, stares blankly into space when being spoken to, rambles on and on to us and others about things that he has a keen interest in, but no one understands (i.e. a tv show he has been watching, online game he was playing, etc.
He was taking neurontin to help with his disrupted sleep pattern and Strattera for his ADHD. Since the onset of puberty last year we had to up his dosage for both but noticed he started to become depressed and was sleeping in every class. More recently he became severely depressed. We have since removed him from all medications because it was difficult to gauge which medication was causing the depression.
my son is 7 years old and has adhd,after years of doing all the things we were told to do-behavior tech-counslers,theripy etc.my son have now been put on adderall 10 xr ,that had no effect so the doc said up it a little bit so now he is taking 20mgs a day xr-still no difference in his behavior.do we up the meds again.
Your main concern was the interventions. There are all kind of interventions. And yes, the wrong ones could hurt rather than help.
So a few questions.
What grade is he in. What time of day does the school get out? Are the interventions done by his classroom teacher - or by somebody else, somewhere else?
How does his teacher feel about the interventions? Are the interventions a part of a BIP, an IEP, or a 504?
It is possible that your son has Asperger's or ASD. This is NOT ADHD but if undiagnosed can lead to lots of frustration on the part of the child, parents and teachers. One symptom is the inability to pick up on escalation of social interactions, and the child lashing out" out of frustration when he is unable to communicate and/or feels he is being atacked for no reason.
Recently Aspergers was mentioned to me, A close family relative said that my son shows the same symptoms that her friends son has. I did some more research and found that add, adhd, aspergers ocd and some others are very similar and are hard to determine which is the correct diagnoses. My biggest problem is that some require medicines that can be very detrimental to the body. I have already had to switch my sons medication 3 times and up the dosage several more.
I'd go with the evaluation. If he is fine and they find nothing, then there is nothing to lose. If he is fine but they think something is wrong, there is still nothing to lose because most interventions tried at this age (therapies, early intervention) would benefit any child, typical or not. And if there is a problem and they recognize it, he will get the help he needs now.
Parents are often scared of "labels" early on, but it is not something that has to follow a child.
//www.additudemag.com/adhd/article/6113-3.html - which might be helpful.
So talk with your doctor about Intuniv. Take a look at the link on "parenting-adhd-children/behavior-discipline" it will help you at home even if he does not have ADHD.
Please let me know if there are any more types of info you need. I hope this helps a bit. Best wishes.
A social worker could have a good understanding of what ADHD kids need if they have been in practice for years and have clients with ADHD. However, I think that you may need - or will need - more professional help.
The book I recommend a lot on the ADHD forum is - "The ADD/ ADHD Answer book," by Susan Ashley. She has some very good sections relating to schools and homework. Plus just a lot of other very good advice.
I know it's not about pregnancy, but my son was diagnosed with add and adhd yesterday and they wanted to immediately start him on adderol. He has been struggling with this for the past 3 years but it has really been a problem this school year. I want to know if any mothers with experience know of any natural remedies to help. He is having a very hard time keeping focused in school and when he is at home he has trouble listening and focusing on what he is supposed to do.
Good afternoon. I am writing about my son who is in 6th grade and is having difficulty getting along with other kids his age (his maturity level is a little lower than some of the other kids at school). He has also started lying about little things, and it's become very frequent. He has been on medication for ADHD for almost 4 years and is now claiming to hear "someone" say his name over and over when he is in class.
I have read lots of posts of parents of children with ADHD-- and your son sounds like this may be his issue. ODD and ADHD go hand in hand, a lot of the time.
If your son has ADHD, then some medication may help him to get a little bit more control, which will allow the therapeutic interventions to work better for him. If a child really needs medication, then all the behavior therapy in the world won't do much good.
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