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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Schools can't force you to "get an ADHD diagnosis" but they will tell you that your child may need an evaluation for possible issues.  Simply getting an IQ test/WIPPSI is not a full evaluation and many kids who have high IQs also have ADHD, ASD, etc.  No one "considers" ADHD, it is simply a diagnosis given by a developmental pediatrician or psychologist and your child either has it or not.  Better to leave the diagnosing to the professionals...[/quote]

The school psychologist said she really didn't have any ideas about what was behind our kid's behavior other than, in all likelihood, ADHD. IQ testing AND other evaluation made clear that ADHD was not even in the ballpark, but unusual giftedness was. She utterly failed our child as a service provider. If a school psychologist's first and only instinct is ADHD, that person should be fired. ADHD shouldn't be shorthand for "doesn't pay attention in class and won't conform to our shut up and sit still rules".

In my humble opinion, the overabundant ADHD diagnoses do a real disservice to everyone, including kids with a legitimate attention deficit disorder. Just slapping the suspected diagnosis on any inattentive kid is a joke. [/quote]

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