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[quote=Anonymous]I have an ADHD DS too, and agree it's a challenge.  (Now in HS at TJ-- which just adds to the challenge). We try hard to deal in logical consequences. If you lost your iPhone, you lost your iPhone. ADHD is irrelevant. Excuses are irrelevant. It's gone, and now you have no phone until you save the money to buy a new one.  You forget to turn in homework, you now have to work it out with your teacher. Your grades drop too much, and we assume your electronics are too much of distraction, and you lose them until your grades come up.

Now, we do not just assume he can manage his ADHD. without help. We put a lot of time, money and energy into supporting him. He is medicated, has a 504, works with a psychologist on mindfulness and has an executive functioning coach to help him organize and manage a large schoolwork load. But, he is headed to college in a few years and eventually the work world. We realize that we are hurting him in the long run by letting him think that screwing up has no consequences because he has ADHD. That's not the way the world works. He needs to learn to take responsibility, and develop strategies to cope now, while we are here to help.

Good luck. It's tough. [/quote]

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