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[quote=Anonymous]DD has severe inattentive ADHD. She is 20 and handling college well. She has accommodations and a therapist she sees regularly.  However I stepped back once she hit HS. I needed her to take responsibility for her work and self-advocate. She had a resource class freshman year of HS to support her and build needed skills. She learned about apps to help her manage the workload (reminders) and how to chunk larger assignments. And she knew that tutoring was an option but she had to learn not to wait too long to ask for help.  With each year she was more successful and by junior year she had all As. It was really difficult to not check her portal or intervene but I figured that she needed to build independence to be successful in college. Senior year we “tested” her with a dual enrollment course. It was stressful but she leaned about college level expectations, how to speak to a professor and that deadlines were deadlines. You have to be willing to let them falter if they are ultimately going to be successful. My advice is that if you really don’t think he can do it without your day to day support try community college first. At minimum, have him do a practice run with a community college course this summer if at all possible. It won’t be about the credit but a rehearsal for freshman year. [/quote]

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