Anonymous wrote:Op here. Children hospital did the neuropsychological evaluation when she was 5, and I remember I paid more than $1k. She received adhd combined diagnosis. She is followed up by developmental pediatrican for developmental delays every year since she was age 2. IEP team has not said that she needs AT now, but they mention that they will recommend AT once she is falling behind for 2 years in reading. She is evaluated as 1 year behind by IEP team now. Right now, except state mandated tests, the classroom teacher reads to her on every homework assignments, quizzes and classroom tests. Yes, we are in MCPS.

Look at the neuropsychological. Did they do an IQ? Did they do achievement testing (reading, spelling, math, etc.)? Did they do other age appropriate language testing - expressive and receptive vocabulary, rapid automatized naming test, the CELF, the CTOPP, etc. If so, were those scores discrepant from IQ or age? Even though typical reading acquisition varies widely around age 5, there are many tests that assess the components of reading readiness.

There are many reading problems that kids with ADHD have. Do not get hung up on the word "dyslexia". The school doesn't use the term "dyslexia" but instead uses "specific learning disability" in reading with specifiers for fluency, comprehension, reading comprehension and rate. This covers a wide range of reading learning problems. A kid that the school classifies as SLD in reading but who also has rapid naming difficulties and weak sound-symbol connection knowledge would probably benefit from the dyslexia appropriate reading packages. AFAIK, MCPS does not offer this style of reading instruction, even though they are trying to be better about reading instruction and dyslexia.

There are other language processing issues. My kid had ADHD Inattentive and Mixed Expressive Receptive Language Disorder and Dysgraphia. He had an IEP. MCPS is terrible at teaching reading, so I definitely think you should throw as much tutoring at this as you can afford. Dyslexic reading instruction packages like Orton-gillingham were helpful to my ADHD kid. He was classified as SLD in writing on his IEP.

Op here. Children hospital did the neuropsychological evaluation when she was 5, and I remember I paid more than $1k. She received adhd combined diagnosis. She is followed up by developmental pediatrican for developmental delays every year since she was age 2. IEP team has not said that she needs AT now, but they mention that they will recommend AT once she is falling behind for 2 years in reading. She is evaluated as 1 year behind by IEP team now. Right now, except state mandated tests, the classroom teacher reads to her on every homework assignments, quizzes and classroom tests. Yes, we are in MCPS.