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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If teachers are annoyed by your kids's bounciness and talkativeness, then it's a problem at school.  He's disruptive and maybe disrespectful. You think your kid is cute and his quirks are adorable, but to a teacher who is managing a classroom of 30 kids, [b]disruptions are so incredibly difficult[/b].

I would keep trying to find the right meds, but don't give up altogether [/quote]

I am a tutor who works one on one with my ADHD students.  Some are very impulsive and interrupt verbally frequently. This is fine in a one on one environment in the sense that I can manage it, it doesn’t create negative feedback, BUT it is actually very bad for the student because if is disrupting their train of thought, their ability to follow, repeat and execute multi step processes and explanations and makes it harder for them to store information.  And, everything takes more time with these detours.

On the surface, to the parents, tutoring seems to “solve the problem”, but TBH for a substantial portion of my students the need for my services would be diminished if they were on a good medication. Medication helps 80% of people with ADHD. [/quote]

Actually there is little evidence that stimulants produce long-term academic aims. They do reduce distruptive behavior. [/quote]

If I'm able to stop disrupting my own thoughts and learn from the teacher, how would that not result in academic gains? Or maybe that's not what you meant by long term?[/quote]

actual research doesn’t support it. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34254328/[/quote]

Tutor here.  FWIW, I am also the parent of a kid with ADHD. He takes medicine of his own accord because he says it helps him to be able to focus and get his work done, particularly to read.  He wants to take meds because he recognizes the positive impact they have on himself and his ability to do required tasks.

I encourage people to go this link, which is a meta-analyses, which means it is a study looking at other studies already done to draw overarching conclusions. IMO, the problem with many of these studies is that what is used to measure “academic achievement” really doesn’t sync up with how grade work in the real world.

Also, the evidence seems mixed even with this meta-analysis. For example, tbe meta-analysis says, “Five of these studies concluded that methylphenidate improves academic performance. However, three of the four lowest-bias risk studies concluded that the drug is ineffective. Five studies assessed the long-term use of methylphenidate, and four of them concluded that it does not result in better outcomes in the school setting. Most included studies had considerable limitations and significant heterogeneity regarding methodological design and academic performance measurement criteria.”

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I’m all about critical analysis of research. But the more important point that needs to be made here are that the outsized, exaggerated claims and scare tactics about ADHD meds are not bygone conclusions . I don’t doubt you personally believe you see a difference in academics. But it’s important for OP to know that it’s not some sure and absolutely proven thing as she is weighing the costs and benefits. [/quote]

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