AW: Does any one have any comments? Good or bad?

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Mmmh, here is just my comment. Changes during puperty happen with all kids.

With or without DS. And believe me, I know what I'm talking about.

(11, DS) starts to do those " Alpha-Dog " -things. He wants to be the master of

all and he starts activities he never ever done before. At night he cannot

sleep (or he do not want to sleep) and wakes up me and his sisters, too. He

is often very agressive and believe me he wasn't agressive ever! Before

medicate him with Ritalin I would try every other possibility. But if there

would be no other way to keep him in school, I think I would do it! Good

luck!

Greetings from a snow-white winter-wonder-land in the very south of Germany

Dagmar, wife to Bernd, mom to Magdalena 15, Franziska 13, and DS 11

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Betreff: Re: Does any one have any comments? Good or bad?

I would make sure that there is a positive behavior support program in

place... as Judi mentioned.

ALL children go through changes during puberty, I personally have not

heard of putting a child with or without DS on stimulants during puberty,

but I'm not a medical professional. I would be doing a lot of reading about

it if I were going to consider it.

My choice would be to get them going on an ABC chart..... writing down the

incidents in ABC order with help show what the focus needs to be.

I would also make sure that they are sending home a list of POSITIVE

things that he is doing? If they don't, I would bluntly write a note and

say... please tell me areas that is successful in. Please document

these also.

You may just have to teach THEM to focus on his successes and not on what

he is doing wrong... go back to the basics.

Just my opinion.. and we all know how I push the positive, positive,

positive! LOL.