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[quote=Anonymous]21:19 - loved your post.

I have a 10-year old with pretty severe ADHD - first diagnosed at 4.  His dad also had ADHD, but he was raised in a large household and his parents are a bit unorthodox, so he never got help.  His dad felt like since he got through life and is financially successful, our son will be fine, too.  But fine isn't good enough, in my opinion.  Like most parents, I want our son to have a full childhood and experience success.  I got him in with a highly recommended child psychiatrist when he was 4 and we added occupational therapy when he was a little older.  I also enrolled him in a ton of different sports when he was young, and then we narrowed them down to just a couple that he's really good at, which is a big source of confidence and self worth for him.  His occupational therapist helps with the typical stuff, like executive functioning, but she also very quickly noticed an eye twitch that we never really thought much about, and started vision therapy, which has been hugely helpful with his reading and spatial awareness in sports.  We also found a great math curriculum for him afterschool that we do together, as I assume learning in a group setting is going to be a long term challenge.

So, excuse me for the brag, but between medicine, occupational therapy, lots of one-on-one parent time helping with school work, and a big emphasis on sports, I can report that my 10-year old is really thriving.  He tested into the school's gifted program last year, and he made a top travel team in a sport where we really questioned if he had a fighting chance in the early years because it requires so much focus and did not seem like a natural fit, but he loved it so we kept with it!

Good luck![/quote]

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