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[quote=Anonymous]We finally are getting an IEP for my DD with ADHD, after struggling with school since 2nd grade. She's in 7th. The actual diagnostic is ADHD Combined, Anxiety and HFA, although everyone who meets her discards the HFA. She has friends and is ultra-social, to the detriment of everything else around her. Personally, I see it, in how obsessive she is about friends and how poorly she interacts with her teachers.

She can do well in school, as long as she can focus in the classroom and does her HW. Problem is, she does neither of the two, even with medication. In every given afternoon, she struggles to get even ONE thing accomplished -- and never gets to the rest. If I try to help her chunk bigger tasks into pieces, she gets the first chunk done and declares victory.

I'd gladly advocate against HW, but she needs it -- without it, she cannot get passing grades, because she does not pay attention in the classroom.

She's been in a "Strategies for Success" class since the beginning of the school year, but either lulls away he time, or hates it to the point of intentionally waking up late to avoid being there.

My own theory is that she spends so much time worrying about friends and perception and how to make that work through the middle school drama years, that she has nothing left to give to her classes. I'd like to see her have some social-emotional support on the peer interaction side, and some organizational planning support. I strongly believe she needs no actual academic help per se.

Any suggestions on what might work?
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