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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Opposing opinion here. Our child’s 2nd grade teacher said something similar to us. Considering she has far more experience with children’s’ behaviors than we do, we took our child to two different offices to be evaluated. Sure enough, it led to therapy and a much better path through school than we would have experienced otherwise. [/quote]

I agree about paying attention to what the teacher is observing. So many parents complain that teachers never gave them a clue that a problem/issue existed. Consider it a gift that you got such important and useful feedback. [/quote]

I agree with this. I think it's important to note that the teacher said to wait a year to get him evaluated. Of course OP should heed that advice and do a wait and see approach.

My son's inattentive symptoms are pretty severe, and I doubt a teacher would have ever caught it since DS is very bright and can usually just muddle along without paying attention. I'm very glad I homeschooled him so I could see just how bad his ADHD is. Because I knew that he had ADHD, I knew to push for a 504 at the end of fifth grade so he could have accommodations, such as getting written assessments, before he hit middle school. If he didn't have a 504 he would be failing some of his classes (he had an E in a class when the teacher wasn't giving him his accommodations). I also knew to experiment with meds in fifth grade so he didn't have to do that during middle school. He didn't need meds or accommodations during elementary school since there were no behavioral or learning issues, but it's definitely best to understand ADHD and get a sense of how to manage it before a kid is burdened with a lot of executive function demands.

If a preschoolers' inattentiveness sticks out, that is significant. As a rule, preschoolers are very bad at paying attention. OP is lucky that she has a heads up that she should be looking out for signs of ADHD. I didn't know my first child had ADHD until she had some extremely miserable experiences in middle school and it would have been amazing knowing what she was dealing with much earlier on. [/quote]

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