A Reader's Viewpoint on Medication
From Catherine at A Week In the Life of a Redhead:
My son struggled in grade school and to keep this short I was told over and over BY TEACHERS that he should be drugged for ADD (the daydreaming type). I had him put through a battery of tests, but refused all suggestions of medication. Everything changed when he landed a GREAT teacher in 5th grade who got her teaching creds late in life after a career as a corporate trainer. Her class was geared to all learning types. My son made honor role. It was eventually discovered that he has an auditory processing problem, but with behavior modifications in the classroom he has flourished. He is now in junior high and doing great. His favorite classes are drama, where he gets to us that "daydreaming" imagination of his and is rewarded for it and PE where he gets to move (something many children need desperately). I am glad I listened to my gut, ignored the drugs and went for the more difficult parenting solution of modifying his environment and working with my son as he was.
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