It's back to school time! Here are some questions that parents might want to ask the school to try to optimize the management of a child with ADHD:

1. What strategies does this school have for assessing, and meeting, the needs of an ADHD child?

2. Who are the people that provide actual evaluations or assessments of children at your school? If they are making an assessment of my child, will they contact me to get a good family history, developmental history, and medical history of my child?

3. Is there a school psychologist on campus? Is there one available? Does he/she do achievement and ability testing?

4. Is there an advocate or case manager available to my child?

5. What kinds of interventions are typically used in this school to help ADHD children?

6. Who is the adult on campus who is responsible for the administration of medication to children with ADHD? Are they on campus everyday? What are their hours?

7. Will the school contact me if my child fails to show up to receive his/her medication? Or will the adult on campus who is responsible for the administration of medication to children with ADHD go find my child and take care of it? Or will the school just allow my child to go without his/her medication?

We hope that some of these questions will be helpful to you, and we wish you the very best of success in this coming school year!

Here are some other resources to help your child to be more successful at school:

• Special Education: The Parent's Guide to IEPs for Learning Disabilities. All about the IEP meeting, written for parents to guide them through the world of Special Education. A great resource if your child is being tested by the school district.
• The Daily Planner for Students. Help your student get more organized, and succeed at school! Turn in that homework!
• Online Diagnostic Test for ADHD: Home Version. For children, teens, and adults. Test developed by a leading professor and a psychologist. Results given immediately.
• Goal Setting for Kids: Go for Your Goals! Goal Setting & Visualization For Kids - Designed To Help You Guide Your Kids To Achieve Great Success In Life.