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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think your child has ADHD.[/quote]

Sounds like a great system OP.  
Does your child actually have ADHD or it just seems like it due to some of the symptoms?

And are any of the other children in class distracted at all by the every 8 minutes beeping?     (or does it just vibrate?)    
Not sure I could sit next to someone with same going on all day every 8 min., but admittedly I am distractable.[/quote]

The watch vibrates silently on his wrist, which is the magic.  There is no sound.   Only my son notices it.

I want to answer your question on the ADHD but am sensitive to not setting off a disputation.  Let's just say he has been diagnosed as ADHD by a well-known local education psychiatrist.   I reject the diagnosis and do not believe my child has a "disorder" of any kind and so have been seeking alternative means to address the behaviors I mentioned.   We feel, in his case, that the main issue is immaturity (he is very young for his grade) that he is highly energetic and sometimes finds it hard to contain himself for hours on end in the classroom.   I am not saying that ADHD does not exist or that other kids don't suffer from it.

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