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Any teen with a medical diagnosis needing medication, therapy and accommodations, it really is important that time is taken to be sure they know how to access services on campus at the counseling center.  Also that once they get the official OK on accommodations that it is up to the student to take the information to each and every professor each semester and not just at the end.  This is a process of learning to become responsible for one's education, so if you have a teen in high school, do make sure to involve him/her in their IEP.  Also, it may take talking and retalking, but  on needs to point out that the prescribed medication for whatever condition is just the same as if one needed insulin for diabetes - without it one does not feel that well often physically nor operate to their potential intellectually.

For the parents of the senior student, it will be important to gauge with your son's therapist with him present as summer goes on what the suggestion of a treatment or support plan might be at the college he is attending.  By this I mean whether the counseling center, which can often be overwhelmed the first semester each year, is equipped to handle your son or whether you should find a local referral for him to see be it in network or out-o-network.  From experience, if you think there is a chance that he might pull out, tuition insurance is a wonderful safeguard at an expensive college.

For the parent of the junior, maybe it may just take your son bombing out on some tests for him to make the connection to not taking his meds and/or using the extended time.  You also are in the position of being able to offer reasonable options - if he is judged to be inconsistent in taking meds, accepting accommodations AND most importantly attitude, his performance will dictate his college options.  And perhaps it would be better for the teen to start out at a local community college as that in itself might b enough of a transition to deal with.  Teens need to learn how to access mental health services on every college campus.
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