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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I see that most adhd kid at school come across 3 below big challenges. What are the most important factor (among 3 below) for parents to decide their elementary school kids to take adhd med? Kids

- academic grade
- school behavior/disruption
- social friendship/self esteem

To me, my child easily gets As, school behavior is okay, and he has some random casual friends. Adhd affects him the most at school is his social friendship, but self esteem is okay because he is excel at academic.He has asd, so I can't know if adhd med can help with social friendship with peers. He makes a lot of casual friends at camps/school, but he just does not know how to keep friendship. I think this problem is coming a lot more from asd than adhd.[/quote]

PP, you see your child the most and know him the best, so I would first follow your instinct - if you think the friendship piece is due to the ASD, try some ASD supports - does he have a therapist that specializes in ASD and can help explain, analyze and practice  the friendship issues?  some Michelle Garcia Winner’s “Social Thinking” work is applicable to both ASD and ADHD kids.  Google for more about that. [/quote]

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