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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What did the school evaluation find as the root cause?

What you are describing could be ADHD, anxiety, a learning disability (alone or combined with either of the above, or even depression.)

You need a referral to a good child psychologist from your pediatrician, and probably for the family, not just your child.

Good luck. It's hard. [/quote]

The school diagnosed Learning Disability.  The specifically said not ADHD but that he did have some of the characteristics but not enough and not consistently.  I have to read back through all of the paperwork but I remember them saying that the LD was in the Dyslexia family.  He reverses some letters and numbers but not full words. Spelling is a nightmare and writing is extremely poor.  Reading comprehension is at grade level but only for small passages.  If he is given a full page of text he shuts down.

He does get disciplined at school and the teaches said he handles it well.  We did discover a correlation to stressors at school and trips to the nurses office for "stomach aches". So it may be that he is good at holding it together and then just simply collapses when he gets home.

We have an appointment at the ped office specifically for this.

Thank you to everyone that answered.  I know this is going to be a long road and that this time of year is a challenge for all kids.  I was just feeling overwhelmed.[/quote]

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