The treatment of ADHD often requires several interventions in
your child’s many environments in order to improve his ability
to function. Guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics
and other organizations encourage doctors to work as a team with
family and school or job personnel. Together you can set
realistic treatment and performance goals and evaluate your
child’s response in every area of activity. Properly selected
and attentively administered medications have generated life-
changing results in children with ADHD. However, there are many
issues to consider when you initiate drug treatment including
the difficulty of diagnosing accurately, the ability and
willingness to adhere to a strict treatment and medication
regimen, the addicting potential of some of the medications.
While medications are usually beneficial and well tolerated,
there is the potential that important behavioral and lifestyle
interventions are not utilized in combination with or in place
of medications. Typical treatment involv