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<blockquote data-quote="exhausted" data-source="post: 441607" data-attributes="member: 11001"><p>Hello and welcome.</p><p>I have raised an ADHD child (he is now 23 and very successful) and have been both a special education and regular education teacher for a total of 25 years.</p><p>You have gotten some good advise and you know instinctually that you need to see a psychiatrist and probably a neuropsychologist as well.</p><p>My other advise is to attend the NAMI Basics course on children. There you will be introduced to many things which are invaluable to parenting a difficult child. One of the first things you learn is that<strong> symptoms in children overlap greatly and diagnosis is difficult, changes over time, and yes-can depend on the evaluator experiences and bias</strong>. Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) is a big hot bed right now, just as ADHD was when I raised my son. Get good professionals.( NAMI does not cover Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) by the way)</p><p></p><p>All the symptoms and behaviors you listed-exhibited in my son when he was young (with the exception of kicking his father). He is not on the spectrum in any way. He did also have sensory issues-tags itched,didn't want to wear collars, no toe seams on socks... He did and still makes noises. He sings and hums little sound bites over and over (thank God they change daily). He plays the drums with his mouth (he is a drummer as well). He doesn't do this now in innapropriate places because we intervened early with school, home,psychiatrist,assessments, and yes ritalin. We raised him in a very structured home using behavioristic methods which worked because we did this over time and it matched the way he was being managed in school. At first, until his impulses were more controlled by ritalin, he<strong> could not </strong>connect the dots between behaviors and consequences.This method has had little effect on our daughter who is another duck all together.</p><p></p><p>I have taught many kids with many diagnosis over the years. I will tell you that kids on the spectrum are so very different from each other in many ways. To me they are more highly variable than ADHD kids. I have had children diagnosed as high functioning autistic who were on stimulants to help with their attention. My neighbor girl,who was my student in 4th and 6th grade, and now attends my charter school, has been very successful since both a stimulant and antideppresant were added.I have had kids on the spectrum who did not show any loving responses, and others who were so charming and loving.Some who stimmed, other who didn't etc..</p><p></p><p>My message then is seek the full scale evaluation and involve everyone who has knowledge of his behaviors. It will take huge amounts of effort and energy to manage and to deal with what ever diagnosis you recieve. husband will have to learn with you or it will be hellish. No matter what diagnosis you get, be prepared for changes and medication issues and therapist changes. Take care of yourself and your marriage-this is hard when kids are young, but you must. Keep us posted.Hugs!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="exhausted, post: 441607, member: 11001"] Hello and welcome. I have raised an ADHD child (he is now 23 and very successful) and have been both a special education and regular education teacher for a total of 25 years. You have gotten some good advise and you know instinctually that you need to see a psychiatrist and probably a neuropsychologist as well. My other advise is to attend the NAMI Basics course on children. There you will be introduced to many things which are invaluable to parenting a difficult child. One of the first things you learn is that[B] symptoms in children overlap greatly and diagnosis is difficult, changes over time, and yes-can depend on the evaluator experiences and bias[/B]. Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) is a big hot bed right now, just as ADHD was when I raised my son. Get good professionals.( NAMI does not cover Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) by the way) All the symptoms and behaviors you listed-exhibited in my son when he was young (with the exception of kicking his father). He is not on the spectrum in any way. He did also have sensory issues-tags itched,didn't want to wear collars, no toe seams on socks... He did and still makes noises. He sings and hums little sound bites over and over (thank God they change daily). He plays the drums with his mouth (he is a drummer as well). He doesn't do this now in innapropriate places because we intervened early with school, home,psychiatrist,assessments, and yes ritalin. We raised him in a very structured home using behavioristic methods which worked because we did this over time and it matched the way he was being managed in school. At first, until his impulses were more controlled by ritalin, he[B] could not [/B]connect the dots between behaviors and consequences.This method has had little effect on our daughter who is another duck all together. I have taught many kids with many diagnosis over the years. I will tell you that kids on the spectrum are so very different from each other in many ways. To me they are more highly variable than ADHD kids. I have had children diagnosed as high functioning autistic who were on stimulants to help with their attention. My neighbor girl,who was my student in 4th and 6th grade, and now attends my charter school, has been very successful since both a stimulant and antideppresant were added.I have had kids on the spectrum who did not show any loving responses, and others who were so charming and loving.Some who stimmed, other who didn't etc.. My message then is seek the full scale evaluation and involve everyone who has knowledge of his behaviors. It will take huge amounts of effort and energy to manage and to deal with what ever diagnosis you recieve. husband will have to learn with you or it will be hellish. No matter what diagnosis you get, be prepared for changes and medication issues and therapist changes. Take care of yourself and your marriage-this is hard when kids are young, but you must. Keep us posted.Hugs! [/QUOTE]
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