Oct 9

Today got me thinking about medication. I asked the special education teacher, "What did you do to D? He seems much calmer and is doing his work." She mentioned that he's medicated sometimes. There's another student with the same issues. He's either on task or he's way, way off task, even in trouble for behavioral issues. So how do we sort out when to medicate? Obviously this is an issue that troubles many people. I'd like to know how the students think about their own behavior on and off medication. By sixth grade they should be more conscious of it, but if they've grown up with it, who knows? It's easy for people to say no meds, period, but some children really can thrive in school with them.