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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a teen I had undiagnosed and unmedicated ADD. I managed to usually pull off at least a C in a couple really tough subjects.

Now looking back here is what I would say would have helped:

- proper medication for ADD
- remedial tutoring in math and science. Those were tough classes and I missed a lot of basic concepts because it was too tough to focus on them.  Getting tutoring at the level of my current class would not have helped. I needed tutoring to cover what I missed the year before. 
-forced independent study time at home to follow up on the tutoring - basically I needed my parents to tell me to schedule a time each day and sit in the same place and review the tutoring work.  I would likely need them to be close by to ensure that I would do it.[/quote]

I agree. I had undiagnosed ADD too, and would have benefited from the above. My son has severe inattentive ADHD (as it's now called). In middle and high school he had to be medicated with Adderall, and we paid for expensive one-on-one tutors who were very good. Previously in elementary we had tutored him ourselves. We were his executive functioning coaches throughout his schooling until he left for college. He needed a lot of support in math, but got straight As everywhere else. He's now doing well in college, because he can choose the courses he wants (having vaulted over the freshman core classes thanks to his AP coursework), and he always does better when the topic is in his area of interest.

It's time to really put pressure on your kid to get her grades up, OP. This is not negotiable. Other things like clothing and food choices might be accommodated. But not this.[/quote]

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