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[quote=Anonymous]20:55 again.  Meant to say that I suspect there’s another type of redshirting family—those that suspect/are fearful of a diagnosis like ADHD, and don’t want their child labeled as such when they hope the answer may just be that their child is just “not ready” for what they think is an inappropriately academic K environment.  They are hoping that with another year before K things will sort themselves out.

I’ve seen studies cited to support the above—namely, that younger kids are more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD than kids who’re older in K.  While I don’t doubt those findings, I wonder whether older kids are able to compensate in some ways such that the diagnosis is more likely to be missed—in other words, instead of false positives in younger kids, false negatives in older kids is also plausible.

Really, if a diagnosis like ADHD is suspected, the best way to proceed would be to get your kid in school and connected with services sooner, vs. waiting a year.  However, I could understand why parents might wait and instead attribute their child’s perceived lack of readiness to the K environment as inappropriate for 5yos, esp.for boys.[/quote]

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