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Ty Pennington

LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 10: Ty Pennington attends John Varvatos 10th Annual Stuart House Benefit Presented by Chrysler, at John Varvatos Los Angeles on March 10, 2013 in Los Angeles, California.

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About Ty Pennington

Pennington was considered an unruly child and had difficulty performing throughout school.[citation needed] "I would strip down naked, and swing from the blinds in my classroom as a child and swear along with that if I didn't get my way. I was just very very bad kid overall, I don't know how my mother raised me!" he said in an interview for E! network. He was hyperactive and later diagnosed with ADHD when he was seven by his mother, Yvonne, a graduate student in psychology, and his pediatrician, who didn't condone the use of Ritalin. To treat Ty's ADHD, Yvonne Pennington didn't medicate Ty with Ritalin, but rather implemented a system called a "Token economy" to end his daily trips to the principal's office and his disruptive behavior in class. The Token economy was used all the way through his school career. It wasn't until he was nineteen years old that he was treated with medication. He is now a spokesperson for the organization ADHD Experts on Call, and manages his condition with Vyvanse.[citation needed] His mother, Dr. Yvonne Pennington, is a psychologist who focuses on the treatment of ADHD and depression. She teaches other parents how to raise ADHD kids with or without medication.[citation needed]

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