It also helps with the teachers' responses. They are more likely to be patient with a child with impulse issues when he's on meds. (I'm not knocking teachers. It's just that giving your child meds makes it look like you're trying to help. Not giving your child meds makes it look like you don't care.)
We have had this experience too, and I wish teachers had more education about how to handle this appropriately.
There is more than one way to show that you are on top of things as a parent. We routinely give our teachers information about behavioral strategies we're trying, and what our DS is doing in therapy. But yes, we also let them know if there's been a med change; the relationship is solid enough that I feel OK doing that.
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