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<table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" width="99%"><tr><td class="alt2" style="border:1px inset;">1. your child's age<br>
2 if you use any medication and if so, what meds do you use<br>
3. if your child has an IEP or 504 plan<br>
4. how your child does in school<br>
5. great ADHD resources</td>
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<span style="font-size:medium;">my sons are 11, 8, 7, and 5. all of them have ADHD.<br><br>
all but my 7yo are on meds. the 8 and 11yo's take concerta, 72mg everyday. my 5yo ds takes vyvanse, 20mg, but we are upping it next month to 30mg.<br><br>
my 11 ds does <i>not</i> have an IEP. my 7 and 8yo's do, but they are also dignosed with PDD-NOS and aspergers, respectively. my 5 yo doesn't start kindergarten til the fall, but i imagine he will need an IEP for sensory breaks and such.<br><br>
my 11yo does amazing, as long as he is on his meds. if he is off, oooh, boy, look out! my 8yo is doing very poorly in school, to the point where i am considering homeschooling next year. my 7yo does fairly well, given his other difficulties. both 7 and 8 yo's spend about half their day in the special ed room, working in smaller groups.<br><br>
i wish i had some great resources for you, but most of what i know is on the internet or from our family dr. also, friends and family with similar issues.<br><br>
ETA: meant to say that we tried a bunch of different meds before we settled on these. also, it seems like they are taking a huge amount of these meds, but they metabolize it so fast, we had to raise it this high. i hate doing it, tho. also, my 11yo takes a med called clonidine so that he can actually sleep, otherwise he is literally up all night and will go days without sleeping.</span>