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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ask the teacher about work completion, work initiation and whether your daughter can stay on task. How much support does she required as compared to her peers? Is she easily distracted? Impulsive?

But if it's inattentive type ADHD without problem behaviors don't be surprised if the teacher has no clue. My kid's teacher did not. But I went in one day and watched my kid space out by looking out the window. I could tell when he came back he had no idea what was going on. He had missed a few things and was behind. I saw him look at his neighbor's paper and copy the answers that he was zoned out for and missed. Then I looked at the teacher to see if she noticed. She had not.

Why wouldn't you want a 504 or an IEP?  [/quote]

It's not that we wouldn't want a 504/IEP, but 1) I'm not positive my kid actually has ADHD, 2) even if she has it I'm not sure she'd get a formal diagnosis (eyeballing the diagnostic criteria, she seems to be a couple short, which I personally don't consider to be definitive re: whether she has it or not but nevertheless may mean she'll never get formally diagnosed); and 3) even if she does eventually get a a diagnosis, she doesn't have one now and it would presumably take months or more to get one and then translate that into a 504 or IEP. Hence the question of what kinds of "accomodations"/requests one could reasonably discuss with a teacher to help a kid without one.[/quote]

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