Originally Posted by Zen Scanner
Has anyone used cognitive behavioral therapy in coordination with drug interventions?

Yes; we use a blend of CBT and ABA methods alongside meds. It has been extremely helpful.

For some kids, meds do appear to be truly necessary for learning; the stigma of being "that kind of parent that just medicates their kid into submission" is real, and we feel it deeply; yet the stigma for the child of being "that child who behaves badly" is even worse.

By 2nd grade my elder child was convinced (by his teacher and his own observations of himself) that he was a bad person because he could not behave. This still makes my heart ache.

No easy answers here.