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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP- when my son was diagnosed, they literally hooked him up to computer with electrodes and read his attention span, impulsivity, etc. I think it's an EEG (?). The psychologist did this along with a lot of other data and testing criteria. Not only was the whole thing helpful in diagnosis, but they were able to track *how* ADHD might play out for him. For instance, my DS has enormous difficulty regulating his attention to start a task- once he's attending his attention span is well above average. By enormous difficulty, I mean that he needs support to begin tasks, even at almost twelve- he can barely function independently to start homework or projects. He's the kid who takes 30 minutes to unpack a backpack or organize his work- he argues and procrastinates. As a 2e kid, he spends twice the amount of time organizing and starting as he does completing assignments. The computer hookup showed us this issue- we knew to expect it when he was quite young. [/quote]

Op / that sounds pretty cool. I know my dd did not experience that. We had a private evaluation with a highly recommended psychologist. We wanted it done before summer and the wait time for any of the clinics was too long. We aren’t in the DC area but there were also lots of options here. We went with someone who’s also knows her school well, as we went to be sure her highly unusual school will continue to be a good fit for her. [/quote]

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