Did your Beauvoir ADHD kid get into STA / NCS?

[Anonymous]

I know there are ADHD kids at Beauvoir- do they tend to go on to the cathedral schools, or not?

[Anonymous]

Two of DS's AA friends who were diagnosed with ADHD while attending Beauvoir were rejected by STA. Both were accepted at Landon. Several Beauvoir alums in his grade at STA are on meds for ADHD, maybe they were diagnosed with it later.

[Anonymous]

What does their race have to do with the OP's question?

[Anonymous]

The implication is that AA kids with ADHD are rejected by STA; however, non-minority kids with ADHD have a pretty good shot of getting accepted to STA. I have no idea if the scenario that PP described is accurate, but it seems like that is why he/she mentioned race.

Anonymous wrote:What does their race have to do with the OP's question?

[Anonymous]

My DC with ADHD was accepted and is doing well.

[Anonymous]

NCS has ADHD girls who came from Beauvoir. School works with them on time issues and such but I do think it has been a struggle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The implication is that AA kids with ADHD are rejected by STA; however, non-minority kids with ADHD have a pretty good shot of getting accepted to STA. I have no idea if the scenario that PP described is accurate, but it seems like that is why he/she mentioned race.

Anonymous wrote:What does their race have to do with the OP's question?

I'm 20:27 and that was our observation when their rejections occurred. Their moms felt that Beauvoir didn't advocate for either boys during the STA admissions process. At Beauvoir, their classroom behavior was on par with other highly-active boys. And, there wasn't issue with low test scores/grades.

[Anonymous]

22:43 again. While my child has done very well at a Cathedral school with ADHD, we have not relied on school resources for any supports. If your child needs that, it would probably not be a good fit.

[Anonymous]

At what age is ADHD usually diagnosed? Ie, would that typically be something that would be noticed/assessed/addressed at Beauvoir (pk-3rd)?
Thanks

[Anonymous]

Symptoms have to be present by age 7, but are sometimes not recognized as such until later, particularly in 1) children who are very bright and compensate, and 2) children who are inattentive but not hyperactive. So many but not all kids would be diagnosed by third grade.

I would add that there are students with ADHD in every private school in the area. Every single one. The question is, what level of ADHD is a specific school able to deal with?

[Anonymous]

There is also ,IMHO, a tremendous amount of over- diagnosing and over- medicating of what are simply over- scheduled, stressed out and evenly mildly depressed children. Not speaking of Beauvoir, but more in DMV in general. There is something very wrong here. Go ahead, throw the flame ....

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The implication is that AA kids with ADHD are rejected by STA; however, non-minority kids with ADHD have a pretty good shot of getting accepted to STA. I have no idea if the scenario that PP described is accurate, but it seems like that is why he/she mentioned race.

[quote=Anonymous]What does their race have to do with the OP's question?[/quote][/quote]


I'm 20:27 and that was our observation when their rejections occurred. Their moms felt that Beauvoir didn't advocate for either boys during the STA admissions process. At Beauvoir, their classroom behavior was on par with other highly-active boys. And, there wasn't issue with low test scores/grades. [/quote]

Sorry , but Beauvoir must have advocated for them or they would not have gotten into Landon, right?

[Anonymous]

My son went through Beauvoir and was never diagnosed or identified as having ADHD. He did ok in the lower school at STA., but not great. We finally had him tested and he does have ADHD. He is taking medication and now doing fantastic in the upper school.

[Anonymous]

21:58 you're just wrong. This has been studied and written about and on and on and yet there are always some busy bodies pontificating about how its the parents fault and the kids don't really have ADHD. Obviously, you don't have a child with ADHD. if you did, you would see how clearly it is a medical disorder.

[Anonymous]

In 1990 the DMS III and the American Academy of Pediatrics noted that about 3% of American school children were affected by ADHD. Both sources were and still are careful to note that the symptoms of ADHD are also the symptoms of anxiety and that all other forms of neurosis must be carefully ruled out and that is why it is important for the symptoms to persist over more than 6 months and in multiple setting( not just while taking the ERB's, for example)They also note that improvement of symptoms on ritalin is not diagnostic as all human subjects tested had improved concentration while taking this drug. What I find disturbing is that 10-15 years later 7 % of American children now have ADHD. While the term ADHD and stimulants like ritalin have been around since the 70's for the application of a DSM IV term to double in any society in 15 years is concerning...or should be. In fact, in some school districts in NOVA , 17% of the student body has been diagnosed with ADHD and put on ritalin. Given the affect of the drug on the dopamine pathway in the body, this should ring more than a few alarm bells.

Also, American children consume 90% of the ritalin produced by the manufacturer. I find that figure interesting . Like any "disease" one would ask why would one population have a 5X higher rate than say another population that is say equal in socioeconomic dev., health, educational pressure etc... Certainly Asian countries teens report a higher suicide rate and more economic pressure than ours.The european schools are certainly more rigorous and have no PE and a shortened summer break....they all out perform us academically in science and math and without being on ritalin, so what is up with US children?

This is meant to be a dialogue and not an attack on anyone as a parent,BTW.