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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What led to the evaluation in the first place? It is well known among the clinical community that ADHD is very overdiagnosed. So I think it’s reasonable to conclude your DS doesn’t have it. It is supposed to involve hyperactivity or inattention evident from a very young age and sounds like you don’t see that. [/quote] Testing was almost entirely academic; no behavior or attention issues. Mainly math and some uneven performance in ELA/language (range in standardized scores, varied performance on tests/ quizzes). Some EF issues that were / are hard to figure out (e.g. what's a realistic expectation for a middle school boy). My predictions about the testing were accurate. I think almost all of his ADHD traits are related to the low processing speed (have done a lot of research). When going through the evaluations for ADHD it became clear how easy it is to over diagnose. [/quote]
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