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[quote=Anonymous]Junior in HS and we're starting to think about what's next. Absolutely no idea where to start with college for a 2E kid with severe ADHD and anxiety, who barely functions at school. She struggles with attendance, self-managing, interacting / eye contact with adults. At an age at which her peers are in the process of becoming adults, that will be even harder to manage.

So what does college look like for kids like this? She somehow manages to get decent grades (far from stellar) simply by showing up. She learns quickly but struggles with long projects and keeping a routine. She is definitely a dopamine junkie and can spend days on netflix if she had a chance. Side benefit is an incredibly rich and varied collection of playlists on Spotify that I like well enough to mooch on for my own account.

How does a kid like this even entertain college? And if it turns out not to be her path, what are some resources I can read on to help a kid with ADHD to transition into adulthood: a job, responsibilities, living independently, finding a good set of quality friends when all hers are away and the kids who stayed back (in our privileged community) are either troublemakers, or similarly struggling, or both...

There are so many resources for getting your kid into college but I cannot find anything for college with SN, or for no college...[/quote]

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