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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is he medicated for the ADHD? Does he have an executive functioning tutor? Does he have an IEP or 504 for support? If not, I would start those three things ASAP. I would keep him in your public base school through ninth grade with all this added and then see where you are.

Also, post this on the SN board.[/quote]

This.  Is he medicated?  I had (have) a similar son and medication has been life changing.  It helped immensely with executive functioning and motivation. [/quote]

+1 and have him tour Arlington Tech as an option for high school. It's focused on project based learning, technology, etc.

My son similarly hated school in middle school. At one point he told me if he had to keep taking a foreign language to go to college, he wouldn't go to college, he'd be a plumber. We had him try AT in 9th grade. It was helpful in that we got a lot more feedback from the teachers and that led to us doing a neuropsych and getting the ADHD diagnosis. Added medication and an EF coach. The math teacher was especially encouraging, letting him know she saw a real strength in that subject and getting him to lead projects in that class. He ultimately transferred back to the base school because he missed friends and wanted the bigger environment, but the year he spent there really was transformative. He turned into a really strong student, by junior year taking 3 AP classes with nearly all As and then 5 APs with all As in senior year. He's now doing well in college majoring in data science.

One thing that really seemed to help was the identification of his strength in math. In addition to the teacher talking about it with him, the neuropsych showed he had really strong abilities in that. With that info, he decided he'd major in math in college. That refined over time but it really helped his motivation to understand what he was good at and have a focused goal to work towards vs. a vague idea of college.[/quote]

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