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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A cautionary tale from our house to yours.  We also had a very bright (now at TJ) ADHD boy a few years ago.  As long as he was getting good grades, which he was, we put off the evaluation.  When he started middle,school, he crashed and burned.  Not necessarily because the work was too hard, but because the executive functioning demands multiplied. 7 classes, 7 sets of homework, etc.  We realized a couple weeks in we had a disaster on our hands (the Ds and ongoing problems with missing large numbers of assignments were a clue). And it took us until after Christmas to get him back on track. We had to get an appointment with a neuropsych, which took time. Do the testing and get feedback. More time. Get a child psychiatrist. More time.  Get him on an effective dose of the right meds.  Or with the school to put a 504 plan in place.  Ultimately have him start working an exectutive functioning tutor. He was able to make up the work and do,well (and go on to TJ), but the fall was miserable for everyone-- especially him. And when we saw how much happier he was when he got effective treatment, we felt terrible for waiting.

With child number 2, whom we also suspected of having ADHD, started the testing and treatment process in sixth grade.  She went into middle school on effective medication and we signed her up for Strategies for Success. He pr transition to middle school was seamless.

I would not wait until your kid is in a hole to intervene. You want to start middle school off on a good foot. And it takes time to get effective ADHD interventions. It's a lot harder, and more stressful, when you are also dealing with a mess at school.

If you post your question on the Special Needs board, you'll get a lot more people with stories like mine, and most people will encourage you to intervene now. [/quote]

Wise words. [/quote]

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