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[quote=Anonymous]This sounds a lot like my 7 yr old. We have not gotten a neuropsych at this point primarily because her behavior at school has been fine and I am not sure putting a label on what is going on with her is useful at this point (I'm not opposed to diagnosis generally just taking a bit of a wait and see approach now because it's manageable so far). I also don't want to medicate at this stage and don't want pressure to do so.

One thing I did do that was useful was take a parenting class geared toward parents of kids with ADHD and similar issues. This helped us implement some rules and systems at home that have really helped with the inattentiveness as well as her perfectionism. One thing that really resonated with me is the idea that kids like this tend to have more issues at home than at school because school is pretty regimented and expectations are very clear. Creating clearer expectations at home (like REALLY clear -- we wound up putting up laminated photos of the steps for brushing teeth and washing her face and we rearranged her room to create a kind of assembly line type morning routine so that key steps aren't missed) have helped a lot with minimizing distraction and reducing the conflicts that come up over this stuff. Having a more rigid schedule at home has also actually created more time for her to play because on the advice of the parenting coach we scheduled in two big chunks of playtime daily and so she gets solo play in her room in the morning before school and playground time every night after dinner and this combo has been great for her and for us -- she is less day-dreamy or resistant when she needs to focus becuase she's getting more time to indulge those needs on a daily basis.[/quote]

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