You might be interested in a great interview that I heard with Dr Hallowell on the radio show page at www.creatingafamily.com Here is the excerpt from the page...
Any tips to find the right counselor for my dd 8 years for evalution? Money tight. It cost 150.00 A SESSION. What kind of things I shouLD look for? I home...
Any tips to find the right counselor for my dd 8 years for evalution? Money tight. It cost 150.00 A SESSION. What kind of things I shoulD look for in...
U.S. Senate Passes Children's Health Insurance Bill A bill to provide health insurance to more than four million uninsured
children in the United States was...
My son is the same exact way! He is 6 and in Kindegarten also. I have talked to his Dr about it and he said that it looks like my son has anxiety. Alot of...
Hello and welcome, Because of the social and emotional issues you mentioned I would recommend getting her into a good Pediatric psychiatrist to treat those...
I have my own two, and frequently my neighbors son in the house. That is until they get too loud or active. I have a reputation for sending them outside. If...
My son and I take Adderall which can cause dehydration, i had the worst case of "cotton mouth". Your son should always have a bottle of water and a little...
Does anyone's child have vision problems that contributed to their ADHD symptons? I am in the process of having my ds checked by a pediatric developmental...
HELP ME UNDERSTAND? What medications are they talking about that will decrease a childs growth? TAKE BACK ALL WHAT YOU ALLOW SATAN TO TAKE FROM YOU "GOD...
Hi My son jacob is 11 and in the fifth grade and is taking afranil 25 mg and ridilan sr 80 mg. I have a couple of questions is there anybody out there...
My son was seeing double. The vision therapist thought she would cure him of everything, he would be the top of his class and earn a Ph.D.. A year later, the...
... growth? ... GIVE SATAN ANYTHING" SO WHY DO YOU? ... All medications have the potential to stunt a child's growth. I know with my 3 children, they are...
LOL...not my kid! Jake is almost 9, stands 5' 2" and weighs right at 100lbs. No stunted growth here and he's been on every ADHD med there is! Now the impotence...
Tonja: I'm not expert on medication, as we weren't able to find any that helped our DS. My wonderful nephew has been on medication for his ADHD-I for about...
my dd has add shes 7 years old shes with the patch i put it on the morning adn i take it off before bath time adn she eats very good and shes doing wonderful...
I don't know about stunted growth but when we put William on his meds
(generic Ritalin SR) we were worried about growth but as it pertains to
eating. They...
I talked to my psychologist about this and she informed me that the medications don't stunt the growth directly. Stimulants tend to decrease appetite, which...
Hi I am new to this board. I have three children ages 10,6,2. Myoldest son is taking meds(Vyvanese)for ADHD. Hense why I am here! My first question is: Does...
Welcome. A few ideas: 1. Have your child eat BEFORE giving the med. THat way the med will not have suppressed the appetite yet. 2. I recommend a good...
I don't know about stimulating appetite but we make sure William has a good
breakfast (peanut butter is his choice at the moment but we've done fried
egg...
This is a touchy subject. Coming from both sides I do not believe in
seclusion rooms. Take a child into another room and get them calmed, focused
whatever the...
the children the schools are killing are not after them with knives ect ... focused ... necessary ... I HAD ... down ... there are ... where ... needed....
Thank you for your reply. How is your son now? Is he on meds for ADD?. I look at him struggling with his schoolwork and being hyper while playing with the...
That was only one instance (the knife). He physically came at me on a number
of occasions and although being smaller than me was a large physical threat.
This...
The biggest difference between a 504 plan and an IEP is that an IEP is self enforcing. That means that within the law it has its own mechanism for making the...