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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'll preface this by saying that others on this board (and partic on special needs board) will give you better advice than me.  But I will share a small experience.

In 7th grade, I had concerns about my kid-- not ADHD per se, but various issues.  I reached out to the school counselor to ask if he could give me some insight on how the kid was behaving at school.

A couple of weeks later, the counselor sent a very detailed email.  He had visited the dc's class and sat in the back and observed.  The email (which clearly read like a document that he put into the file for future reference) was detailed and put the kid's behavior into perspective of other kids in the class.  (Things like, 'one student made a joke.  The full class was then off task for approximately 3 minutes, with DC settling back at about the same pace as the class in general.")

I mention this because to my untrained ear, most of the observations seemed to offer an assessment of DC's behavior against a set of behaviors I would associate with ADHD.  Conclusion was that my kid was average.

This was never offered as a formal assessment, but I found it valuable to know DC's behavior in school.  And I assume that if DC hadn't seemed 'typical' I would then follow up with a medical professional.  Since my kid seemed average, I did not.

It's unclear from your message how far along you are on this road.  But I mention this to say that if you reach out to the school counselor, they are likely to provide you with some information.  (But not a diagnosis.) [/quote]

That counselor did a good job, but unfortunately not all will do that. You can hire someone to do an in-class observation, which is actually a pretty good first step if you don’t know what’s going on.

But I would need to know more about OP’s concern. Generally you don’t have to “screen” for ADHD to trigger further investigation. You should already be seeing clear challenges at home & school - like frequent calls home, academic struggles, etc. [/quote]

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