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Parenting > Adulthood
When Your Child Grows Up & Out of Special Ed
...school. I was unrealistic. I hope I can give other parents ideas on what to do and/or expect for supported work services, Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare for such children. After I applied for him, the nearest NPO did not agree to give my son supported work services. Yet, I had done paperwork...
Legal > Government Benefits
Federal Fraud Investigations Are Freezing Home Care Funding. What Families Should Do Now.
The Trump administration's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is using fraud investigations to freeze Medicaid funding that pays for home and community-based services in multiple states....
Special Needs > Attention Deficit Disorders
ADHD Medication: Separating Facts from Fear for Parents
...reduced rates of substance abuse compared to untreated peers with ADHD. The risk isn't the medication. Kids with untreated ADHD are more likely to self-medicate with alcohol or drugs later. Treating ADHD with medication appears to reduce that risk. Swedish longitudinal studies reinforced this. Children on...
Health > Treatment
Ask the Developmental Doc: Psychotropic Medication
...psychotropic medications given traditionally to stabilize mood and reduce anxiety. Although you don't mention the disorder for which your son is being medicated for, my first thought is, if you are still seeing aggressive behavior in your child to such a degree, then I would immediately contact the medical...
Special Needs > Attention Deficit Disorders
Kids with ADHD: Hard to Parent
...that kids with ADHD cause bad parenting, not vice versa, as some skeptics claim. If the problem had really been the parents, then we would need to medicate them, not their kids, in order to see a positive effect. It's much easier to be a good parent to a child who follows directions, remembers what they...
Special Needs > Attention Deficit Disorders
When is it ADD/HD?
...and issues. In my first book, I spoke of how ADD should have been called C.I.S. (Cultural Inconvenience Syndrome) because it seemed our rush to medicate had to do with the cultural inconvenience of it as much as anything else. But in this day and age, instead of ADD we should just call it ADD-On because...
Health > Treatment
Quick Fixes and Long Term Damage
...research projects whose results are to be spun to support the finder, most often drug companies, and supported the government supporting the families who medicate their children over the ones who are seeking other ways of dealing with issues surrounding ADD/HD. We have reputable institutions, such as Harvard,...