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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does your child need support or accommodations for the ADHD? That is the only relevant issue. [/quote]

This. Is it affecting her school work or social life? Then get the DX. If not, don’t.

Please don’t take offense to this at all, but I think that 75% of 9 year olds could be diagnosed with ADHD with a formal testing. Not to say she doesn’t have it, but borderline might just mean that she’s coping fine with it. I would focus on the dyslexia first and foremost. [/quote]

You have a serious lack of understanding about how ADHD is diagnosed, or how norm based assessment works.

OP, I would include it so that later you can look back if need be.

For my kid, his ADHD wasn't an issue in elementary.  I couldn't see any impact.  But when things got harder in later middle school and high school, it was helpful to be able to look back at that early report to try and figure out if what we were seeing was a change in the child (e.g. a developing mental illness) or a change in expectations that he wasn't able to meet. [/quote]

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