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Ah!  Thanks for the clarification.  I'm so glad that you did such a thorough eval. and got to the bottom of what's going on for your younger one.  Now you'll be able to help her in the best way for her.  Yea, I remember the comments from the Kindergarten teacher who has knowledge of your oldest. You did not think it was ADHD in the beginning although the teacher was using the buzz words. So your instincts were on target. Interesting!  Was this assessment done when she was off all meds?  If so, how long was she off the meds?  If I remember right, she used/uses either clonidine or guanfacine.  I know from my child's experience that it takes several weeks to stop seeing all effects of guanfacine.Mom2ADHDboy39904.7222453704

OK, so earlier this week we met with DD's team. She had a full assessment done and when we saw the neuropsych report her Conner's scale showed scores common with children with ADHD. However, after hearing all the reports from all members of the TEAM, he said no ADHD diagnosis, which I agree with at this time. No LD diagnosed either. She has some definite areas of weakness in receptive language to be addressed, and some social areas that need work, but academically doing very well, behaviorally excellent,  and IQ is perfectly average. .

Shows how important it is to have a thorough assessment done. Her trouble organizing her thoughts and some of her sensory issues were mimicing ADHD. A sub standard assesssment would have pointed to an ADHD diagnosis. We then would've missed the fact that there are GOOD programs that can be run with Speech Language team to address her actual needs.

 

Awesome that you got such a thorough eval and can now address your dd's
true needs. She sounds like she is really doing well and will do even better
with the appropriate programs in place. Way to go!

this is my youngest. She was never on meds as she was never diagnosed. Little hints, and we were always on the fence, partly worrying as my oldest has such significant ADHD. I always knew it was just not the same with this one, but as we all know, all kids are different. She doesnt get distracted and seems mostly able to stay on task. With her it's more about following multistep directions and getting her on task. Generally once she's going, she's ok. My oldest can't listen to a whoel sentence without thinking about the books on the table and the dog playing with his toy and her cell phone in her hand and the 650 thoughts running through her head, this one's not like that.

I had the opportunity to help in the class yesterday while they worked on a writing assignment. The project goes for and hour a week and I was there for 45 minutes. She was terrific! Only left her desk to ask the teacher a question. Was writing away, very focused. She did better than half the rest of the class. The teacher said she is never has attention issues with her in class.

 Just shows all kids who don't listen don't have ADHD . No seriously though her listening comprehension is more about her receptive language weakness and her processing speed being low. Same rules apply which is why we have so much success at home, we naturally parent with things broken down into small steps, repeating directions, forced eye contact, all these things helped her tremendously and we just do things that way becasue of my older daughter.