Are you sure (pretty sure that you are) that he doesn’t have hyperactivity added to the ADD? Because of the outbursts? I had/have ADD myself, and as far as I can remember (I’m 54) I had no noteworthy outbursts in my (pre)teens. I don’t know if it is significant in light of your specific question, but I wanted to mention it And how about those few times he was committed for psychiatric examination? Does that mean he still has to undergo that, or did they already happen? It sounds as though he is not aware at all that it is quite important to at least take the meds. You would think that the person prescribing them would have made that clear? From a distance it sounds as it could get messy (messier) sooner rather than later (the 23 police visits). I was a pretty lousy student myself, due to the symptoms that go with ADD (which I only found out I had when I was 30). It didn’t occur to me at all that this was, supposedly, an important period of my life, school life that is. Only when I worked as a production worker in a factory for nine years it dawned on me that I’d better had done better in school. So, I think the main thing is to get him on his meds first. That will likely make him see easier the consequences and responsibilities that go with studying. I want to add though, that personally I think children are way better off when they get educated to their specific needs and talents, rather than run of the mill, general curriculum. Good luck.