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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We caught leaning disability during covid. I had always asked teachers at every conference about possible ADHD and they said no. ADHD seemed so apparent when I observed online learning, so we got testing which confirmed it. I guess because my daughter's grades were fine and she wasn't throwing chairs, the teachers lumped her in with the "no problems" kids. I do wonder if the frequent screen stimulation shrinking attention spans makes it much harder to distinguish between general distractability and true ADHD.[/quote] Yes, you describe the response from teachers perfectly. How old was your daughter who you did testing? My younger daughter is in K at a very academic private and has received very positive feedback from her teachers over the last two years but she is very distractible and despite being athletic gets injured easily as a result. It's terrifying as a parent. I've brought this up with her pediatrician who has dismissed my concerns while my daughter is jumping around her office and stumbling over chairs in the background. I have ADHD and my husband's family has a strong ADHD history so there is a genetic predisposition. I wasn't medicated until the end of middle school and I really should have been medicated earlier. Because DD is in such an academic setting I don't want to wait too long for testing. Also, did you get a neuropsych and involve the school?[/quote]
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