sassylyn asked:


my neice is 7 years old and is ADHD we held her back and she is repeating kindergarden because she did not get what she should have the first half of the year. We have changed her med 5 times this year alone. She has been wrote up and could not ride the bus 3 times since school started. She was sent home 4 times and we had to keep her home a week because of behavior issues. My mother has custody of her and I moved back in with them 2 years ago to help. The childs mother was doing ***** when she was preg. and has no contact with her and the dad my brother is in Jail. She sees counselor. But My mother is scared that if we continue to have problems with her then the DHR could come in and remove her form the home. She is well loved and taken care of Just the issues above. ADVICE how should we continue to handle situation with school> if she needs special attention will the school be required to give it. Even if they have to hire one on one for her?
As for the OCD she had a thing about closing dores and once she latched on to something that is it. She will not let go. We debated medication but finally had to go with some. She does good as long as the Teacher is standing over her but when the teacher has to attend to another child she will start fidgiting and she has hit children and stuff like that. She is the sweetest child and good most of the time. We are just trying to help her and Do what we can. My mother worries that if she keeps getting in trouble the DHR can take her away from us but I told her Idid not thank that would happen. We just pray and love her.

Melissa M asked:


Our youngest (6) was recently diagnosed with sensory integrative dysfunction and attention deficit hyperactive disorder in June.

In Aug., we started him on Focalin XR 10 mg with our pediatrician. Last week, he switched the dose to 15 mg. The 10 mg was lasting only about 4 or 5 hours.

He was diagnosed by a psychiatrist and has had a psychological assesment and evaluation, etc., etc.

It drives me crazy giving him medicine everyday of his life. I just don’t like it!! We were going to therapy sessions at our local mental health facility (where they diagnosed him) but the sessions were just so vague and nothing specific. (I mean, how many times does a child need to go over the ‘if there’s a bully on the playground-what do we do’ etc.)

He needs therapy sessions that concentrate on his specific needs. But, they can’t seem to offer that………… I’m lost as what to do next. I can’t let him sit on the sidelines of life, but when I let him participate the other children look at him like he’s so weird because of how hyper he is and that he can’t keep his hands to himself. We have a flag football game tonight late and he won’t have any medicine in his system, so it’s gonna be chaos just like the last late game.

Does anyone have any advice on what to do? I don’t expect medicine to ‘fix’ anything. I just want him to have a better life.