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[quote=Anonymous]My rising senior has ADHD and other differences.

The best decision we ever made was to medicate him, even though we quickly found out an optimal dose had too many side effects so he has a very low dose compared to what he should have.

The one single technique that had the most impact was walking him through the use of his planner in 6th grade. At first the school required use of his school planner, but then I found an ADHD-friendly one on Amazon (sorry, wanted to link, but can't find it - however there are a bunch of new ones): it had a better layout for every part of the day, so he had a visual guide to plan out his work. Since 9th grade we all pick out our favorite Moleskines, and he manages his work himself.

It's funny that a lot of students don't actually know what to do with planners. I remember being the same age and writing the assignment the day it was given to me, not the day it was due. My other kid, who is highly functional with no ADHD, made the same mistake :-)

And then of course the greatest effort has been the daily slog of parenting an ADHD/HFA/etc kid: checking in with him morning and evening, discussing all the issues that come up, helping him write emails to his teachers so he could learn to advocate for himself in middle school, reminding him to clean out his binders, not leave paper everywhere (everyone is guilty of that at home!), having a mini writing boot camp every year to address his dysgraphia, tutoring him ourselves or paying for tutors because he's the intellectual kind and wants to do well academically...

Basically our entire lives have centered on this kid ever since he was born premature with issues. 
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