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Anonymous wrote:Thanks for the replies! So he is having another, updated evaluation later this month because his current one is almost 5 years old. It’s 2 days of testing and the write-up last time was really thorough. We were planning to reach out to the disability services office for accommodations to be put in place for his classes. He’s looking at larger universities like JMU and Penn State. I guess we need to see what they offer and how he can try to have the best of both worlds if possible- a suite style single room. Otherwise I think he’ll have to take responsibility for ensuring he gets sleep and use earplugs and noise canceling machines. I’m debating whether to send his meds with him as he just started them this school year, and they make a difference but he can get there with the right food and sleep. For some reason I just don’t feel comfortable sending them as I worry about other kids finding them and misuse.

I highly recommend joining the FB group “Parents of College Bound Students with Learning Disabilities, ADHD and ASD.” There’s TONS of discussion and advice and links to lockboxes and safes, etc, for keeping medication secure in dorms. You could probably also ask in the special needs forum here on DCUM too.

https://m.facebook.com/groups/parentsofcollegeboundstudentswithld/

Anonymous wrote:I have 2 college kids with ADHD who absolutely need (and do) take their meds in college. College kids aren't notorious for "getting there" with adequate sleep/nutrition.

Both of my kids got these safes for their meds and haven't had issues with other students. We did talk a lot about not publicizing that they had them/take them, absolutely no sharing of meds with others, being discrete about it, etc. They are juniors and it has been fine (this was a big worry for me.) They are managing the refills, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Thanks for the replies! So he is having another, updated evaluation later this month because his current one is almost 5 years old. It’s 2 days of testing and the write-up last time was really thorough. We were planning to reach out to the disability services office for accommodations to be put in place for his classes. He’s looking at larger universities like JMU and Penn State. I guess we need to see what they offer and how he can try to have the best of both worlds if possible- a suite style single room. Otherwise I think he’ll have to take responsibility for ensuring he gets sleep and use earplugs and noise canceling machines. I’m debating whether to send his meds with him as he just started them this school year, and they make a difference but he can get there with the right food and sleep. For some reason I just don’t feel comfortable sending them as I worry about other kids finding them and misuse.

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for the replies! So he is having another, updated evaluation later this month because his current one is almost 5 years old. It’s 2 days of testing and the write-up last time was really thorough. We were planning to reach out to the disability services office for accommodations to be put in place for his classes. He’s looking at larger universities like JMU and Penn State. I guess we need to see what they offer and how he can try to have the best of both worlds if possible- a suite style single room. Otherwise I think he’ll have to take responsibility for ensuring he gets sleep and use earplugs and noise canceling machines. I’m debating whether to send his meds with him as he just started them this school year, and they make a difference but he can get there with the right food and sleep. For some reason I just don’t feel comfortable sending them as I worry about other kids finding them and misuse.

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for the replies! So he is having another, updated evaluation later this month because his current one is almost 5 years old. It’s 2 days of testing and the write-up last time was really thorough. We were planning to reach out to the disability services office for accommodations to be put in place for his classes. He’s looking at larger universities like JMU and Penn State. I guess we need to see what they offer and how he can try to have the best of both worlds if possible- a suite style single room. Otherwise I think he’ll have to take responsibility for ensuring he gets sleep and use earplugs and noise canceling machines. I’m debating whether to send his meds with him as he just started them this school year, and they make a difference but he can get there with the right food and sleep. For some reason I just don’t feel comfortable sending them as I worry about other kids finding them and misuse.