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[quote=Anonymous]I have a 6 year old with ADHD.  We did therapy for about 8 months, and then decided to add a small dose of meds.  I wouldn't call them a miracle, but the effect is noticeable -- we did not tell the school we were putting child on meds, and received several unsolicited comments within the first few weeks about child's improved behavior.  For us, the big deciding factor was that child had terrible bladder control problems.  The meds have basically cured that.  I came into this very inclined to do anything/everything before using meds at this young age--and I still think that's wise--but honestly I'm not sure the therapy does much.  He just goes in there and plays with toys.  For those that think that therapy helps at this age, I'd really like to know what specifically your therapist is doing.  We did some work with impulse control, practicing breathing, etc, but he's pretty unreceptive to this.  For older kids, I think it can be really helpful to learn coping and self-accommodation techniques, but with 6 year olds, I'm not sure that they're old enough or have enough self-insight to learn these things.  Again, I'd love to hear from someone that think that their therapy has been really helpful for that age, and please tell me specifically how so I can ask for that.[/quote]

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