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Reply to "New York Times Magazine article questioning adhd commonplaces (including meds)"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wish the article/studies had addressed the idea that some kids need meds to be able to benefit from social skills coaching and other therapies. Not to complete worksheets in grade school, but to learn real skills that do impact long term outcomes. [/quote] Given that the meds don’t improve academic learning, I don’t see why they would improve social skills, except to the extent that they make kids appear calmer in the moment. Lots of anecdotes about this, would be good to have actual research. [/quote] I agree, it would be good to have more research on this. But anecdotally I can share that my son went from impulsively touching/hitting/bothering his peers and being a social outcast in his class with a teacher who clearly disliked him, to having friends and no longer being thought of as the bad kid. That 100% improved his social life (and his depression). [/quote]
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