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[quote=Anonymous]I have ADHD (diagnosed as an adult since inattentive girls were overlooked in the 80s and 90s) and this was always an issue for me.  It’s like this weird final barrier even when I do the work to turn it in.  I’ve gotten better and developed coping mechanisms since this doesn’t fly in the corporate world, but to me, this sounds like a classic sign of ADHD.

My daughter has the same executive function challenges, and in middle school this really started to come to a head.  We worked together with her teachers, created reminders at home, logged in weekly together to see what assignments were due and past due, then either planned how to complete and turn them in or just plain turn them in since 75% of the time they were complete or almost complete.  It was a struggle, she hated the weekly accountability with me at first, we hired a tutor that she hated more, so we went back to it being me.  But eventually as we got a grip on her work and this removed stress from her life and she felt in control, it improved tremendously.  Now she’s in HS and it’s no longer an issue and she’s developed the skills to plan out her work.  [/quote]

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