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[quote=Anonymous]It depends whether not turning in assignments is deliberate teen rebellion or a sign that he's struggling with executive functioning. After a while, OP, patients can habituate to meds and their effect is reduced. We saw that in 12th grade with my severely ADHD son: he was exhausted from his challenging course load and the meds just stopped having any effect. He needed a total reset, which he got that summer - eating, sleeping, and no meds.

So I would go med-free on weekends and breaks, and play coach: sit with him, look at grades and assignments together, make sure he's submitting everything on time, etc. That is the consequence for having Cs. He can argue and rage all he wants, you're the parent and you're doing this with him. If he wants more independence, he'll have to get better grades. Punishment on top of this isn't going to help at all - it will just make him more oppositional. You want to make an effort where it will count.

Alternatively, you can pay through the nose for an executive functioning coach. We didn't do that, because our kid needed daily round the clock supervision, especially in the morning and evenings, so outside of business hours.

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