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[quote=Anonymous]We have long known our 13 year old son has struggled with so many parts of his life (organization, self care, memory, focus, blaming others, no close friends, no strong interests, etc) but have supported him for who he is.  But we have gotten to a point where now that he's a teenager we have THAT combined with his general feelings of wanting more control over his life and at the same time wanting to be left alone.  Problem is that when we give him that independence that he begs for he doesn't pull himself up.  Example this morning he didn't brush his teeth, eat breakfast, or pack his lunch last night - all things he would have done if I reminded him and all things we require of his younger siblings.  AND all things he said he'd do if we'd just 'lay off'.  Although his grades are good he doesn't have a clue how to really study and basically gets by on his kind nature towards teachers and students and if he doesn't do well on a test he's able to retake it.  But HS won't be so forgiving, and we want him to be successful in life too! Hold down a job, heck just be able to manage college! His father and I think it's time to get him evaluated.  Where do we start?  Do I call my insurance to find out if evaluations are covered? Is there a go-to place people go? Again, the school is not involved as of now. Thank you for any guidance. I've been reading this forum all weekend and you all are very supportive of us strangers on the other end..[/quote]

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