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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also - sorry - but I have BTDT and so want to help as much as I can - if your child was diagnosed at 4, the ADHD is severe. You need an IEP, so start that process.

Also, and this is controversial, but start OT and behavioral therapy, if you are going to do them, and think about medicating at 5. There are so many opportunities for learning all things, but especially behaviors, at this age, that kids with severe ADHD just miss. Thousands of missed cues every hour. We got push back from everyone and people are still like, OMG, a diagnosis and medicating at 5.5 for ADHD? I never!  Those people have never had a child they can't take into starbucks or to the park or on a walk around the block. They can leave their 4 year old unattended to pee. Ignore those people. You are in a different lane, and they should stay in theirs. Just my position, obviously. [/quote]

OP here again.  We are in the IEP process as well.

Hear you re: a different lane.  We went to a baseball game yesterday, and I saw two kids, about the same age as mine, sitting on a set of steps, outside of the ballpark, without a parent hovering over them.  Just sitting there.  Patiently waiting.  I couldn't even imagine leaving my child on steps in a busy place like that.

However, when we got home last night, he listened to me and didn't stand up in the bath tub when I had to step out to get his shampoo!!!!!!!  Which, to be honest, is a huge win for bath time.[/quote]

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