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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am interested that a couple people mentioned ADD/ADHD.   I don't know a lot about it-- does it manifest in things like moodiness and frustration?  What's the best way to get a solid evaluation?[/quote]

Absolutely. My 3rd grade DS has ADHD and anxiety.

See this linked article:

http://www.sdkidsfirst.com/knowledge_center_adhd.php

I suggest contacting your pediatrician. We ended up seeing both a psychologist and a psychiatrist to reach the diagnosis.[/quote]

We went the developmental pediatrician route.  I had always hoped my son's distractability/impulsivity/disorganization would improve once he was in AAP, thinking he was "Bored".  Well, as it turned out, things did not improve.  His academics have been strong since K, and he is still getting all A's in AAP, but, we came to learn that it was not just "boredom" that were at the root of his problems.  In our case, it began to have a significant social impact.  My son has ADHD combined type.  We did not have a WISC done, but based on his FCPS scores, and her interviews, our dev. pediatrician felt he needed to be in AAP (I considered pulling him due to some significant social issues last year).  In our case, we finally got to the root of what was going on.  We got some techniques to help him (organizatial club, lunches with a counselor).  It also opened a can of worms in their class, it turned out there was some very mean/exclusionary/bullying practices going on with groups of children, that the teacher was not aware of.  They did lessons with the whole class to work on this.  By the end of the year, DS social problems had resolved, he had a wonderful group of really kind friends.  He is also medicated for ADHD.  I will say, he too had a ROUGH teacher last year.  She was new to FCPS, and new to teaching AAP.  She was in way over her head, and was VERY strict.  I felt she had very little patience, most of the children were not happy with their year.  This year, I am thrilled DS has a great teacher, who seems to "get" him, and DS is in heaven.[/quote]

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