Hi

My name is Kylie and I have a 12yr old son who was diagnosed with ADD last year and is on Ritalin which has made a huge difference to his life, however he still has a very significant problem with organising himself. Yesterday I stumbled across an article on the Psych Central Website called Being Born a few weeks early affect learning and behaviour. My son was born at 35weeks and I truly believe that his planing organisational & motivational problems have been there since birth. Throughout his life he has had Occupational Therapy (to help with handwriting, fine motor & sensory processing problems etc), Physiotherapy & Speech Therapy. He has also seen a Psychologist who said that he is a bright kid who has developed a creative way to get out of doing work. We went to his first high school parent teacher night tonight and each of his teachers talked about him not doing his work or handing in his assignments and his poor organisational skills. My son says "it is too hard, no-one understands I can't cope". I was wondering if anyone could suggest how we can best help our son. I am now thinking about finding another Psychologist or are there other ideas on how I can best help my son. I also live in Australia.

Thanks

Kind regards

Kylie