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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the poster who has a kid with attention/writing/ and other ADHD symptoms—

Go get an evaluation.

Your pediatrician can diagnose ADHD— and the diagnosis entitles your kid to a 504 plan. (IEPs are harder to get)

But- I’d encourage you to go get a neuropsychologist to do a “real” assessment.  Not your pediatrician. For me— the diagnosis of ADHD isn’t all that helpful (although it will get you a 504). It’s the detailed neuro pysch report that helped me better understand my child’s struggles and needs. Frankly, part of its value is in ruling out areas where there ARE NOT problems. But those reports are expensive. Around 3K, and insurance won’t cover most of it. [/quote]

We have an ADHD 4th grade AAP student, and having the diagnosis in hand when we went for the 504 (that the teacher recommended) was helpful.  There was little discussion at the screening meeting about qualification (kid qualified) and more about accommodations.

Honestly, though, the big difference between 3rd and 4th has been the extremely organized classroom teacher.  Third grade was scattered and disorganized, which didn't help my scatterbrained child.  Fourth grade teacher is very organized, and that's helping build some structure for our still scatterbrained child.  We follow through with the teacher's routines (planner signing, reviewing the weekly schedule together, noting what needs to come home/go to school each day in planner notes) at home.[/quote]

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