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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here - the reason our therapist hasn’t indicated it was ADHD is that DD has no trouble concentrating.[b] She does great and school, comes home and immediately does her homework, has never once not studied for a test, is very organized. [/b]Not sure if that is just masking a problem or not.

Will look into the SPACE therapy. [/quote]

Is she intelligent? School may just be easy - ADHD will show up more as school gets harder. When you can do your homework easily you don’t need to command much of your executive function. Then later, you hit high school and have no study skills.[/quote]

Yes, also school is providing the structure. Probably something "bad" and known and relatively immediate happens if she doesn't turn in her homework. She will get a bad grade or get called out by the teacher, plus it might be embarrassing not to be seen as perfect, so she does the homework.

That built in structure and consequence/action-forcing event might be substituting for the executive function skills she's lacking.[/quote]

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