cafe
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Spoke with my younger son's speech therapist today. She suggested that instead of an assistant we consider medication for ADD. Not what I expected, but I think she is right.
I don't doubt that both of my sons have an attention problem. My criteria for considering medication has always been that if the school was doing everything it could and the condition was interfering with the ability to learn, then we would think about it.
Older boy has never really had any learning problems, just some . . . well . . . squirreliness and disorganization. Both have been manageable.
Younger boy, though . . . ever since he started school he has had trouble with attention. He hasn't outgrown it and it's interfering with his learning. His reading level is behind and he doesn't appear to have dyslexia or anything and his IQ appears to be at least average.
We have an appointment with our doctor Monday morning and I spoke with my son about the situation, explaining the condition and how the medicine works as best I could. He asked a few questions, which I attempted to answer, then he was ready to go on to another subject.
I feel hopeful about this.
These are my guys at the end of the last school year with their amazing speech therapist:
I don't doubt that both of my sons have an attention problem. My criteria for considering medication has always been that if the school was doing everything it could and the condition was interfering with the ability to learn, then we would think about it.
Older boy has never really had any learning problems, just some . . . well . . . squirreliness and disorganization. Both have been manageable.
Younger boy, though . . . ever since he started school he has had trouble with attention. He hasn't outgrown it and it's interfering with his learning. His reading level is behind and he doesn't appear to have dyslexia or anything and his IQ appears to be at least average.
We have an appointment with our doctor Monday morning and I spoke with my son about the situation, explaining the condition and how the medicine works as best I could. He asked a few questions, which I attempted to answer, then he was ready to go on to another subject.
I feel hopeful about this.
These are my guys at the end of the last school year with their amazing speech therapist:
