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| People With Special Needs | 11/2/2009 |
Q: I am sorry if this question has nothing to do with your topic. I am only 13 years old and I am ...
A: You are correct, your questions are outside my area of expertise. My expertise is within the area ...
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| 13 yr.old son with ADD and school issues | 10/16/2009 |
Q: I have a 13 year old son in the 8th grade with a diagnosis of ADD. He currently takes 30mg vyvanse ...
A: You have described some of the classic symptoms of ADD. In your son's case it is based in his ...
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| My 12 Yr Old Sons Anger Outbursts | 10/13/2009 |
Q: I need some advice or input about my son's behavior. He has anger management issues...the slightest ...
A: There are two types of Attention Deficit Disorder and all persons who have an ADD or ADHD problem ...
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| ADD? Medicate? | 10/6/2009 |
Q: I hope you are well. And can maybe offer some advice? Firstly thank y ou for your time. My son is ...
A: First...At age 6 years old it is difficult to diagnose Attention Deficit Disorder, especially when a ...
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| ADHD/Sensory Issues | 9/15/2009 |
Q: I am the mother of a 3-year-old girl. We have gone through a lot of transitions in her life for ...
A: Sounds like many doors are closed to you. Counseling is a good idea, someone who is knowledgeable ...
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| Could my child be ADD? | 9/14/2009 |
Q: I have a 29 months old boy, he's very late in speech, he said a few words but not repeatedly the ...
A: You are on the right path by seeking out speech therapy. The speech delay may be due to ADD or ...
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| ADHD/Sensory Issues | 9/2/2009 |
Q: I am the mother of a 3-year-old girl. We have gone through a lot of transitions in her life for ...
A: At your daughter's age it would be very difficult to state that she clearly has sensory integration ...
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| my children ages 4 and 2 and a half wandering if they have adhd | 6/30/2009 |
Q: I have 2 girls 1 of them just turned 4 and the other will be 3 near christmas. i wander if they may ...
A: It is very difficult to diagnose ADHD at such a young age. What you describe may well be ADHD, but ...
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| my 17 year old is out of control | 5/18/2009 |
Q: I am a mother of a 17 year old boy who has been diagnosed with persuasive developmental disorder ...
A: Sounds like you have your hands very full. My biggest concern is that at age 17 this young man is ...
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| ADD | 2/26/2009 |
Q: How valuable is QEEG/SPECT analysis in diagnosing ADD/ADHD? My 16 year old son was diagnosed with ...
A: I am not familiar with this instrument. Rather than the actual test I would be more concerned with ...
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| Reading Comprehension Problems | 2/16/2009 |
Q: My 12 yr old granddaughter has always scored low in reading comprehension, hence, she does poorly in ...
A: Attention Deficit disorder has two types, one is Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder, which shows ...
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| My 4 year old thinks everything is a joke | 2/16/2009 |
Q: As I comment above, my son Sebastian is 4 years old. He thinks everything is a joke. When he is not ...
A: Children always display their worst in the place they are most comfortable, in this case his home. ...
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| College student/ADD | 9/18/2008 |
Q: My daughter is in her 3rd year of college. This year she cannot concentrate on her work, cannot ...
A: If she gets a diagnosis of ADD or ADHD then she can get some assistance in the form of ...
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| My son | 9/10/2008 |
Q: My son is 8 and in 3rd grade. At the age of 6 he was diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome, ADHD, OCD, ...
A: Flipping letters and syllables isn't always the clear symptom, although the older the student is, ...
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| My son | 9/9/2008 |
Q: My son is 8 and in 3rd grade. At the age of 6 he was diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome, ADHD, OCD, ...
A: None of those disorders would be that related to what you describe with the reading. Tourette's ...
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| auditory processing disorder and visual spatial disorder | 8/22/2008 |
Q: I've been told, at no surprise to me, that my son has an auditory processing disorder. It seems his ...
A: Both disorders are within brain functioning. We don't know that there is damage to the brain or if ...
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| Tutoring w/ ADHD | 8/18/2008 |
Q: I am a seventeen year old high school senior. A friend of mine recently started a volunteer tutoring ...
A: You have taken on a noble project. It sounds as if the place that you are tutoring is simply too ...
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| At wits end: 7-yr-old son not doing homework or any work | 7/18/2008 |
Q: My son has ADHD and my husband does not want to medicate. I have to ask him 10 times to do ...
A: I would set up a system, just because that is what I do. When my kids (4) were little, I set up a ...
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| At wits end: 7-yr-old son not doing homework or any work | 7/18/2008 |
Q: My son has ADHD and my husband does not want to medicate. I have to ask him 10 times to do ...
A: The answer for your son is not simple. ADHD is a condition in which the brain of the child does not ...
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| ADHD, OMG! Please help me! | 6/25/2008 |
Q: ok, I've discovered that I do have ADHD. and worse, my parent know nothing about it. So, I think ...
A: Attention Deficit Disorder, with Hyperactivity or not is a real condition. In labs we have used MRI ...
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| 18 year old with ADD can't sleep | 5/21/2008 |
Q: Our 18 year old son has great trouble sleeping at night. He is very athletic, works out, wrestles ...
A: Lack of appropriate sleep will cause what your son is experiencing, or at least contribute. We have ...
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| adhd | 5/7/2008 |
Q: my daughter has adhd , diagnosised nov2007,currently in second grade in a (iep)class room for ...
A: If the instruction is individualized and intense, then she needs for time in the resource room, but ...
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| Teen ADD | 5/7/2008 |
Q: My daughter is 17, and was "unofficially" dx'd with ADD by her pediatrician when she was a Freshman. ...
A: There is no magic. Only about 50% of those prescribed medicine for ADD respond favorably to it. ...
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| adhd | 5/6/2008 |
Q: my daughter has adhd , diagnosised nov2007,currently in second grade in a (iep)class room for ...
A: In my 30+ years of experience, I have rarely seen retention in a grade help a child. I have seen ...
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| School and ADD | 4/16/2008 |
Q: My son is in the 7th grade. He was diagnosed with ADD when he was in the 1st grade. As you can ...
A: The attentive type of ADD is the most difficult to get a good grip on. What we need to do for these ...
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| exercises | 3/18/2008 |
Q: hey, I was diagnosed with ADD 4 or 5 years ago when I went to public school. I was originally ...
A: I think I already answered this question, so if this is repeated information, just ignore it. Rural ...
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| adhd and sports | 3/8/2008 |
Q: My daughter was diagnosed with ADHD at 10yrs. She is 13 now and in Jr hi. I have not had much ...
A: The simple answer is: if your daughter is not able to participate in sports because the school is ...
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| ADD | 2/26/2008 |
Q: I am confused about my child. She in in 3rd grade and are showing signs of ADD, but not all. Is ...
A: Few ADD children display all of the symptoms that are connected to the disorder, each is unique, as ...
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| Help me! Sooo-oo tired after fighting sleep all night. AGAIN! | 2/13/2008 |
Q: I've just spent the whole of the night awake fighting and fighting and fighting sleep. Why do I do ...
A: I don't know of the problem you speak, although, my wife has similar sleep patterns. She has also ...
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| 16 year old son | 2/4/2008 |
Q: My son, who is adopted (at 18 months), was struggling in school. We had him tested at age 16 and ...
A: The life results for people with ADHD is very different now. I am hoping the things you have shared ...
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| ?'s | 1/26/2008 |
Q: i have a question. i read someones comment when they said about 8 months ago they started working ...
A: ADD is an acronym for Attention Deficit Disorder, which is also sometimes also referred to as ADHD, ...
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| 504 plan | 1/22/2008 |
Q: I have a 16 year old son with ADD who is in the 9th grade. he didn't pass 8th grade and his ...
A: The short answer is that the only way a 504 plan can be changed is by a 504 Team, which includes the ...
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| ADD | 12/15/2007 |
Q: My son has ADD. He started taking meds when he was in third grade, he is now in his 2nd year of ...
A: He may not need the medication all his life. You should be checking in with the doctor at least ...
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| Help w/ adult son who is now a father! | 12/9/2007 |
Q: I desperately need advice. My son is 19 yo and a father of a beautiful 3 1/2 month old little girl ...
A: My take is that you have a large problem here. On one hand you want to be a helpful mother, on the ...
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| wellbutrin for my 9 year old | 12/8/2007 |
Q: My son was recently diagnosed with ADD and was first started on concerta 27mg, he had a rare ...
A: I would not give my child wellbutrin, especially given the reactions to the other medications. It ...
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| Concerned Brother | 12/1/2007 |
Q: I have a brother with the behavior problems that come with ADHD such as at 15 he is cursing people ...
A: This is always a difficult area to determine when you don't know the person described. I believe ...
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| How to motivate an ADD(?) teenager | 10/30/2007 |
Q: I have a stepson whom we gained custody of at age 9. Up until that point, he lived with his mother ...
A: All 15 year olds, regardless of ADD or not seek out the path of least resistance. This particular ...
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| ADHD, ADD, and Asperger | 4/20/2007 |
Q: I always thought that people with ADHD had a hard time concentrating and people with Asperger or ...
A: ADHD people usually have a hard time concentrating, but that is not to say that all do. Each ADHD, ...
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| Adult Adhd | 7/18/2006 |
Q: I'm currently going to RN school. I'm a adult ADHD. I'm struggling especially with Chemistry. All ...
A: Memory is something that you can learn techniques to assist with, like lists, palm devices, etc., ...
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| getting help from school | 3/5/2006 |
Q: The school gave my 9 year old a core eval.It showed below average short term memory and proccessing ...
A: There are a few things that are required of the school now that you have seen a physician and have a ...
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| ADD and SI | 1/12/2006 |
Q: She eats really healthy (including breakfast cereals) but her behavior has often been tied to blood ...
A: I am not a medical doctor, so take my advise as somewhat novice...but, I have been studying diet ...
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| ADD and SI | 1/8/2006 |
Q: We too are struggling with sleep issues and impulse control. It seems to cycle. She is having focus ...
A: I wish you lived in our area. In my private practice we have assembled what we call the "power ...
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| ADD and SI | 1/7/2006 |
Q: I have a child with SI issues. I have heard that many people think that ADD is sometimes really an ...
A: Wow...this is a good question. The symptoms of Sensory Integration are also some of the symptoms ...
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| ADHD-for college paper | 11/28/2005 |
Q: What is the training educational professionals, i.e.-teachers,principals,teacher aides, and nurses ...
A: The training for educational personnel regarding ADD and ADHD is not very consistent across the ...
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| 504 plan | 9/13/2005 |
Q: I have a nine year old son named Layne. Layne was diagnosed with ADHS after being held back in the ...
A: A 504 Plan comes from the 1973 Law, Rehabilitation of the Handicapped and is the education section ...
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| special eduacation laws | 9/12/2005 |
Q: I would like to know what some of the laws are for special education with teenagers with ADDHD.
A: There are a series of laws that effect persons with ADHD or ADD. It all started with the Americans ...
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| ADD | 2/28/2005 |
Q: -Do teachers understand what a child with ADD goes through? -Do you think ADD effects the child's ...
A: Yes, I believe that SOME teachers understand what a child with ADD goes through. Some have either ...
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| ritilin | 2/24/2005 |
Q: I have some questions about two of my kids that are on ritilin. First, has it been found in studies ...
A: That is an interesting program proposal. However, I don't believe that students learn as much in ...
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| ADD & homework | 9/14/2004 |
Q: My son, Ben, is 13 and in the 8th grade. He is on medication for ADHD. The school year has just ...
A: I would recommend that you have "back-up" systems in place. While he might have the responsibility ...
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| ADD & homework | 9/13/2004 |
Q: My son, Ben, is 13 and in the 8th grade. He is on medication for ADHD. The school year has just ...
A: Yes, you are describing direct effects of ADD. Often time they beleive the homework is done when it ...
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| Bipolar vs. ADD | 8/27/2004 |
Q: I am recalling a conversation that I had with a woman about 8 months ago. She said something to the ...
A: ADD individuals have brain waves that spike much larger than "normal" individuals. When medicated, ...
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| add | 7/13/2004 |
Q: Could you tell me about effective alternative ADD treatments and alternative medications to ritilan. ...
A: ADD is unique to each individual, and therefore, treatments that work for one, don't necessarily ...
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| ADHD | 7/5/2004 |
Q: I am doing research for a college project on the probablity of children treated with stimulants ...
A: I have not kept hard data, however from my experience I have not noticed any greater incidence of ...
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| ADHD help! | 4/23/2004 |
Q: Yes my daughter is on medication, she takes 10 mg of ritalin in the morning and then 10 mg at lunch ...
A: This is a tough one. The medications are working at school...good! The problem that occurs if she ...
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| ADHD help! | 4/22/2004 |
Q: My daughter will be 10 next month; she was diagnosed as being ADHD 2 years ago. Lately she has ...
A: My initial reaction has to do with the diagnosis. When diagnosed, was she medicated and is she now? ...
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