re: Occupation Therapy for Children with ADD/ADHD

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Preach it brother. The adhd fad/scam sickens me. Raise your kids. Boys are meant to be active, kids aren't supposed to be in cubicle training. Let them play!

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I used to share your skepticism and cynicism.

One of my children has ADHD and sensory processing disorder. All of my kids were raised in the exact same environment, with the same parental/childcare exposures and the same diet/lifestyle

I find it strange that if this were strictly a poor parenting issue I would anticipate that all of my children should suffer from the same made up condition.

Unless you have been around a child who exhibits true symptoms (poorly adapting to new rituals, coordination,eye gaze, excessive response to stimuli, etc) it would be easy to be skeptical of the large volume of kids who get lumped into this diagnosis

My child has benefited from speech, OT, and Xbox Kinect games (to assist coordination and motor planning)