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[quote=Anonymous]Do they have a formal diagnosis? If not, you must get one. Once you have one, you can, if everyone is OK with it, start on a low dose stimulant, and watch out for side effects. Do they need extended time? You can get that by asking the school for a 504 (you won't get an IEP unless there are learning disabilities or other issues).

Concurrently, you need to teach them strategies to re-read the questions, double check their answers, use a planner to avoid forgetting to turn in assignments, and remember to hit submit when completing assignments - all things that ADHD kids do in secondary school that impacts their grades...

My gifted kid is in 10th grade and AP Calc BC. The only mistakes she makes in math are inattention mistakes. She's always had a low A in all her math classes for years, because she can't help mixing up + and - signs, or suddenly writing down that 2+3=6 (mistook + for x). Her vision is checked every year. Does she get derivatives and integrals and such? Yeah, no prob. Drives me crazy. We're not medicating her.

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