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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you so much for the detailed reply!! Dd is super social and has always been, and she is well-liked by her peers but does come across as naive (she’s our eldest) which has made her a target for bullying (which is when we first noticed the anxiety).

She’s in a private school for “gifted” kids (I say that in quotes because the school has a wide range of kids, but they are mostly all creative, love learning and have individual passions). She loves theater and singing and is involved in those activities in and out of school. She’s not a sporty kid but is an excellent skier and does that a lot in winter months. It’s given her a lot of confidence as she’s better than the rest of the family and allowed a lot of freedom on the small mountain where we ski.

She’s 8, going into 4th grade in the fall. She is heading to sleepaway camp this summer (at her request) and school starts ramping up next year, so we are hoping to put a lot of additional help with executive functioning in place at the end of the summer. She’s not a disruptive kid, she tends to say dream and go off on tangents.

And thanks for the heads up about teen years - I’m already terrified! [/quote]

pp here- all kids are individuals. We did notice more anxiety in 4th and 5th because of increased social expectations and executive functions. You might consider a social skills group and/or individual executive functioning therapy. I don't know about your school, but I noticed in ours that the girls and the boys started to penalize differences more heavily as the kids age- especially tangents and inattention/disorganization, when most kids are becoming more socially aware and judgmental.

The thing about the gifted- is don't let people tell you to downplay it- they will, but it's really frustrating for smart kids when they struggle unnecessarily with organization and attention. It causes something called imposter syndrome and underachievement. Brilliant people can feel overestimated and deeply insecure because they struggle with simple things related to their ADHD. I've found with my son that it sometimes requires different teaching methods- right now, he is learning algebra- and is struggling far more with the "rote" than the word problems. His tutor said he is able to internalize the "rote" only when it's tied to applied math (word problems). For most people, it's the opposite. That is just one example of how gifted/ADHD may combine. [/quote]

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