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[quote=Anonymous]12:25 here. DS is not diagnosed, but we have a series of evaluations coming up this and next month. My suspicions are based on behavior and experience (other family members, sibling). In fact, most doctors will not diagnose ADHD until age 5--but what I'm mostly interested in is getting a professional evaluation to help us with whatever intervention and parenting strategies we need and information for school. DS starts a public charter school this fall, which should give us more information, and hopefully we will have a good experience with the teachers and their special ed program. On the one hand, DS is less likely to act up if he is engaged in something he likes to do, so if school is fun and structured it may be good for him, on the other he is more likely to act up in groups, and especially in groups of boys. His ideal class would be a handful of 4 year old girls!

I have one other observation though, which I wanted to run by other parents. We do not use violent talk in the house (or are violent!) and are careful with what DS is exposed to, but sometimes he says things, in "play," like "I"M going to cut you!" "I"m going to smash you." We tell his this talk is hurtful and wrong, but are kind of at a loss as to where he's getting it and what's behind it. I think (because he is not really aggressive) that it is about getting a reaction, which seems to be at the root of a lot of behavior, but it is worrisome. [/quote]

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