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[quote=Anonymous]Has anyone had an HG kid in the ED program at MCPS?

DD with ADHD-combined and anxiety is in K in MCPS and has had a rough year behaviorally. We’re working through some medication options with child psychiatrist but haven’t quite found the right mix – we thought we had, but then it stopped working as well.

Long story short, we decided in January to get private psychoeducational testing – besides confirming the ADHD and anxiety, it found hints of autism (but not enough for diagnosis) and a highly gifted IQ, which may explain her being potentially bored at school and thus getting into trouble, plus slow processing speeds. The school has tried a number of things to address the behaviors (pulling other girls' hair twice since October, pushing chairs, the occasional giant tantrum over sharing, outbursts in class, etc.), to little avail. She is basically fine at home. We saw similar stuff in preschool but not this bad.

The first week in May, we’re meeting with her IEP team to hash out what to do for 1st grade. Placement in an ED program is one possibility. Also not sure if they’d consider putting her in the Asperger’s program even though she’s not diagnosed as such. But there’s concerns she would be bored and not engaged academically. Plus she sometimes sees other kids misbehaving and decides to do so herself. We can’t afford private.

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