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Choosing a School and ADHD Medication: Ask-Us-Anything Minisode #12

Choosing between charter, magnet, public and private schools is overwhelming, and so is the trial-and-error process of finding the right ADHD medication for your kid. In this Ask-Us-Anything minisode, Shanna and Laura answer listener questions about how to narrow down school options when you don't know where to begin, and what their families' ADHD medication journeys have actually looked like, including what didn't work and why. Laura also shares an ADHD update of her own.

Topics discussed in this episode:

• How to choose a school: charter, magnet, public and private

• How to evaluate schools in your area

• School waitlists and application deadlines: when to start

• The LAUSD eChoices system and why people hire consultants for it

• Finding the right ADHD medication through trial and error

• Stimulants vs. non-stimulants for kids

• Why immediate release and extended release can work completely differently

• How to monitor whether a medication is helping or hurting your child

• Adult ADHD diagnosis: what finally prompted it

Products, links, resources mentioned in this episode:

• The ADHD Parenting Podcast - co-hosted by Mike McLeod, referenced on adults staying in charge of medication decisions

• GrowNOW ADHD - Mike McLeod's organization

• SpeakPipe - send us your questions for a future episode!

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Big Fat Positive: A Pregnancy and Parenting Journey is produced by Laura Birek, Shanna Micko and Steve Yager.

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