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[quote=Anonymous]My ADHD-I kid is able to pay attention if something holds his interest.  He's super extroverted, so peers and play held his interest pretty well in a play based preschool.  We didn't see anything that looked like inattention, and his teachers always had wonderful things to say.

What we did see

-- separation anxiety that lasted until adolescence (not sure what's the connection, but ADHD-I and anxiety go hand in hand), at 4-6 there were tears most days about separating at the beginning of school, although they resolved pretty quickly, but a lot of anxiety about new situations with new people.

-- difficulty learning to memorize symbols like letters and numbers and sight words

-- very easy going, very compliant, very thoughtful and cautious about things

-- in K and 1st, difficulty remembering the routines.  For most things he was really good at following along with peers, but things like remembering where to put the homework folder, or coming home and telling me there was a field trip were really hard.

Having said that, we didn't really figure out the ADHD until he was in middle school and his anxiety about not keeping up in school skyrocketed. I'm still not 100% sure that he's ADHD.  It's hard to tease the anxiety and the ADHD out from one another.

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