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[quote=Anonymous]Thanks. Excellent info for me to understand various ways and explore further.  Will look more in detail.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]05/30/2018 19:40--Op here, you want to better understand and connect with your child because what you are trying now doesn't work--This is my answer. 
So far, We haven't done any evaluation to understand my daughter's hyper/inattentiveness/ADHD issues (as she is hyper and unable to concentrate on anything). Honestly speaking i do not know the whole evaluation process and is she in need of RX yet; but so far nothing is working for us to teach new things and control her hyper.[/quote]

If this is what you most want, I don't think I would start right now with the Neuropsych for a 6.5 year old.  Everyone on DCUM thinks the neuropsych is the most important first step, but I'm not sure that's always the case.  I would find a good therapist/psychologist and begin counseling sessions.  These can be with your daughter alone, both of you together, and/or some for just you to help deal with her.  The therapist, even if they are not the type to do formal diagnoses, should be able to give you a good idea of whether they think it's just ADHD or something else, and can help guide you through the process of what to do next.  Then, if medication is what you want, you can get a preliminary diagnosis from a child psychiatrist (this is the better path than the pediatrician) and medication that way.  Their diagnosis process is no where near as thorough as a neuropsych, but in some cases like ours, it can provide enough information.  For us, the more thorough evaluation, did not add much more to the picture than what we already knew from teacher and parent evaluations, and didn't really affect the treatment plan.  Now if what you want most is help from school (504, IEP, etc), you may need the formal evaluation as documentation to get the services.  [/quote][/quote]

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