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[quote=Anonymous]Hi OP, 6:56 here. Our DS is the same - seems to be not paying attention but is taking it all in. Please excuse me if I'm repeating stuff you've answered before below.

You may have said but is this something that is of big concern to all his teachers over the years or just this year? Do you review behavior expectations with DS every morning and then talk about the day when he gets back and give him encouragement and talk about what he can do when he feels certain ways - like out of control? How does he like what he's learning? Would he rate school as easy, what does he say is hard about being there all day?  Does he have friends or is it hard for him?  What does he say when you have a conversation about one of these "episodes where he doesn't acknowledge what he's done" at a later time when all is calm? Is he afraid of consequences and just lying? Both our kids have reached an age where they will outright lie!  All kids do.

Have you tried all of this and it's still not working for him at all and you've seen no change?  Is he any more mature than last year in the way he deals with stuff? If not, then I'd vote for moving ahead with the evaluation. It may provide valuable information to you or not but probably would be worth it.

Despite the language we'd been receiving in emails, DS's teacher did not recommend an evaluation at the conference. We are working with her to settle him down in class. He can with reminders control himself but it's slow. It sounds like your DS is possibly, dare I say it, way beyond the curriculum. I would definitely have a complete IQ test evaluation done as well if that's not a part of the neuro evaluation.

Good luck and let us know what you decide to do.[/quote]

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