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I have multiple children w/ ADD and some w/o. The teacher makes a difference, even in the smaller classes. Be sure your child is with someone who understands the difference between willfull disobedience and frustration. I am a huge promoter of the right type of online education. My first ADD child got put in one because the school we were slated for was failing so miserably and she didn't fit in at all. (We didn't have a diagnosis then) It worked wonders as it was very interactive and catered to her strengths. I was the one who worked with her, and it takes a lot of work and patience. If I were to do it again I would do it off meds again. We looked at electronic education again for my younger son who has a more severe LD as well. The program was different, just a electronic textbook I was expected to read to him then give homework. Definite no. He has good teachers at his school now and he is doing great.

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Hi - your story sounds familiar. My son has had some success with vyvanse and welbutirn. Without the adderall/vyvanse he'd lose the fork on the way to his mouth - ha! That's the ADD. The key for us, though, was finding the anti-anxiety med. It is not perfect but, he is much more able to function. We still sit with him to focus him on his homework.

I know this sounds like a meds only advice, but we too tried psychiatrist/school social workers- he just wasn't ready. He lacked the level of social sophistication it required. He didn't know what he was feeling, how could he respond? We did a lot of modeling and positive reinforcement (punishments did not work at all!)

Our personal experience with online course work is that it's been great for my 6th grader, but when he was in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd it had marginal benefits. When he worked on the computer he focused too narrowly (hard to get him off) and was oftentimes more interested in pressing the wrong answer to see what the response would be (over, and over, and over again). The computer does not allow him to work on the social-interaction piece of the puzzle. I wouldn't say never use it, we did, but it has it's own negatives. It's hard to learn new things when it's just as fun to find out how dumb the computer can be!

Learning to feel comfortable and fit in at school took my son until about the end of 3rd grade. That doesn't mean everything was ok but we were seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. We also had teacher and school support to help him navigate. I wish you the best - we know it's hard.

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