Today Toby had his first day of meds because his doctor also diagnosed him with ADHD. I have been watching my own son and wondering if he has ADD. I know the struggle of trying to decide whether I should put my child on meds. I certainly don't want to have to medicate my child, but should I also make him suffer through school if he could have help. What will the consequences be either way. Anyway, I know Toby's mom has been struggling with the idea of meds. Oh, I feel her pain. Well, her and her husband finally decided to tray it and what a difference. He is on the lowest dose and he got an entire assignment done and stayed focus until about 10:15. He became more squirrely as the day went on, but still he was sooo much more focused than usual. Shawn is also testing out some medicines. The first medicine he took made him a little emotional and gave him major stomach pains. Now he is on some new ones and he is doing really well. I don't think he has had one emotional outbreak this week.
Library seemed to go better this week. Last week the librarian was once again frustrated with the group. Shawn brought a ruler covered with texture. It worked really well in class, but in the library he needed lots of reminders. Then Toby had a squishy ball to use and the librarian had to take it away.
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