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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"She does sound a bit too exact with the excuses. In a way, too smart for her own good and trying to make the fool proof reason why she can't do A, B, C. She may be "bored," but such is life. We all need to do things we don't care to do."
 
OP here. I'm not giving her any extra attention for these comments, all I'm doing is listening. These responses arose during discussions about her school work and performance. Do you really thing she'd make up stories about how her brain works? She doesn't know what inattentive ADHD is - we've never talked about it. And I'm still insisting that she does better (obviously, we're talking next year at this point, since school is out). [/quote]

I don't she's necessarily lying/making things up, but by the 5th grade, I'm sure she's heard about ADHD or have heard other classmates talking about their experiences.  She was essentially saying that she can't focus 90% of the day.  There's a possibility that she may be trying to compensate for poor performance.  Also, what does this really mean?  Did grades drop from an A to a C?  Is she all over the map b/c of interest/strength in subjects.  Or are your expectations too much as to how her performance should be.  Even gifted kids aren't straight As all the time.

Not being able to pay attention by the last class of the day isn't too unusual.  We're all tired and thinking about something else by the end of the day.  You'd also notice signs of ADHD with her at home.  To get a fuller picture, I would check in with the teacher even if school is out; just touch base email just to see how distracted/daydreaming/not paying attention she seems in general during the day.

The other thing to think about is that organizational skills don't come naturally for most kids.  She may need guidance on how to organize her binder, brush up on study skills even if she doesn't have ADHD.

It's possible that the evaluation missed inattentive ADHD.  If it's over 3 years old, it's worth looking into, but you'd need to get a full neuropsychological evaluation.  It will run about $3-4K and may not be covered at all by insurance.  You may find Patricia Quinn books useful--girls/women and ADHD is her speciality:

https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Girls-ADHD-Updated-Revised/dp/0971460973/ref=sr_1_sc_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1466275652&sr=8-2-spell&keywords=patrician+quinn
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