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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ADHD/ADD are simply common issues for children.  They aren't really especially common in bright children - it just makes parents feel better to think that.

If you child has these issues, they may well hinder his achievement in school without help and guidance (an IEP perhaps).  It would make sense  that the issues would hinder a child more in a program that is more rigorous.

[b]Signed,
An MD[/b][/quote]
A doctor with reading comprehension problems, apparently. I am not OP, but she wasn't saying ADHD is especially common in bright children. She was saying that teachers being unsure whether or not it is causing problems is common with bright children, because bright children can compensate with other skills for longer than average children.[/quote]

This is very true and was an issue with my daughter.  She had reading issues related to ADHD (had to do with attention, tracking, etc.) and used many many tricks to make sure no one knew that she really wasn't reading well.  She got her friends to tell her plots of books, which she memorized so that she could answer reading comprehension etc.  She scored super high on standardized tests because they were short paragrapsh so her scanning issues weren't a big problem, and the computer was easier for her to read on than print books.  Basically she used her very good memory and smarts to hide that she was a poor reader. She did this until 5th grade, when the texts in class got long/complex enough that it began to show.   it was only through neuropsychological testing that we got down to what was really going on.

So whie ADHD and intellgience don't go together, necessarily, ADHD can be masked in bright kids who are anxious to do well and don't want people to know what's going on.  It's also absolutely true that ADHD and anxiety are co-morbid.

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