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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here - thank you all, so much, for your comments!

To address a few things:

1 - yes, he's super social, lots of friends, invitations, etc.  He definitely prefers active stuff to Legos etc and I'm sure some kids prefer other kids to him because of that, but he seems well-liked.

2 - I also thought she meant specialists like the gym and art teachers.  Didn't occur to me that it might be the counselor etc until this thread.

I agree I'm jumping a bit to conclusions, but we were basically told last year that he's a handful at times but really it's normal for the age, etc.  So this came a bit out of the blue.[/quote]

First grade/ second grade was where my DS's issues became more noticeable. His peers grew out of a lot of behaviors, but he did not- so what was typical for a kindergartner became less typical for an older child. *However* I think ADHD really needs a neuropsych diagnosis, which sets specific criterion for ADHD. Being active, disruptive, not listening well could be a lot of things, including a child who is immature and not ready to settle down to work. When I thought my DS had ADHD and we pursued a neuropsych, he had social issues, was highly distractible, not completing work, interrupting others, monopolizing conversations, highly impulsive, had difficulties regulating emotions, etc. and it was not "out of the blue." We had observed these behaviors at home for years but it showed up in school as atypical around the end of first grade. [/quote]

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