stillsmallvoice
10-20-07, 03:09 PM
Hi all!
I'm coming out of a lengthy period of cybernation (since late May 2005). I invite everyone to check my previous posts at http://www.addforums.com/forums/search.php?searchid=555547.
A quick update. Yohanan (ADD) will be 11 in January & just started 5th grade. He's on Ritalin-LA 40 mg. He started on Ritalin-LA 30 mg. about halfway through 3rd grade & the results were apparent in his second half 3rd-grade report grade. 4th grade was kinda rough due to the fact that a certain kid in his class discovered that it was fun to goad & tease Yohanan since a reaction was sure to come. (His family moved over the summer & he's no longer at the school. Whew!) His teacher & class rabbi finally figured it out about half-way through 4th-grade that the school's assembly line approach to education wasn't working with Yohanan & they began testing him orally, eliminating multiple-choice tests for him, etc. 5th-grade is OK so far.
Naor (ADHD) has just turned 7 & has just started 1st-grade at the same school as his big brother. He takes Ritalin-LA 20 mg. on the 4 days a week when he has a long school day & regular Ritalin 10 mg. on the 2 days a week with a short school day. So far, so good.
My wife & I saw an ad about this gentleman http://tocureadhd.com/ & a free introductory lecture he'll be giving in Jerusalem next week. I'm a confirmed skeptic about a lot of things (homeopathy being one; had a bad experience with it & did some reading on the history of medicine) & swear by http://www.csicop.org/ & http://www.quackwatch.org/. I see red flags (all of which go quack-quack-quack) all over tocureadhd.com
I did a little internet research on such "brain exercise" approaches & saw http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/05/07/learning_center_touts_exercise_for_adhd/. My question is: Does anyone have any advice, experience, comments, etc. with such "brain exercise" approaches?
Thanks!
ssv :)
I'm coming out of a lengthy period of cybernation (since late May 2005). I invite everyone to check my previous posts at http://www.addforums.com/forums/search.php?searchid=555547.
A quick update. Yohanan (ADD) will be 11 in January & just started 5th grade. He's on Ritalin-LA 40 mg. He started on Ritalin-LA 30 mg. about halfway through 3rd grade & the results were apparent in his second half 3rd-grade report grade. 4th grade was kinda rough due to the fact that a certain kid in his class discovered that it was fun to goad & tease Yohanan since a reaction was sure to come. (His family moved over the summer & he's no longer at the school. Whew!) His teacher & class rabbi finally figured it out about half-way through 4th-grade that the school's assembly line approach to education wasn't working with Yohanan & they began testing him orally, eliminating multiple-choice tests for him, etc. 5th-grade is OK so far.
Naor (ADHD) has just turned 7 & has just started 1st-grade at the same school as his big brother. He takes Ritalin-LA 20 mg. on the 4 days a week when he has a long school day & regular Ritalin 10 mg. on the 2 days a week with a short school day. So far, so good.
My wife & I saw an ad about this gentleman http://tocureadhd.com/ & a free introductory lecture he'll be giving in Jerusalem next week. I'm a confirmed skeptic about a lot of things (homeopathy being one; had a bad experience with it & did some reading on the history of medicine) & swear by http://www.csicop.org/ & http://www.quackwatch.org/. I see red flags (all of which go quack-quack-quack) all over tocureadhd.com
I did a little internet research on such "brain exercise" approaches & saw http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/05/07/learning_center_touts_exercise_for_adhd/. My question is: Does anyone have any advice, experience, comments, etc. with such "brain exercise" approaches?
Thanks!
ssv :)