Originally Posted by blackcat
My ADHD DD actually drew a diagram on a whiteboard this morning indicating her ideal seat arrangement so that "distracting" kids are not surrounding her.
This is great, it shows she is being creative and also working in a problem-solving mode.

Originally Posted by blackcat
the teacher has the desks arranged in clusters... Why in the world arrange desks this way if they not supposed to be talking to each other?

Excellent point, this type of desk arrangement is said to be for cooperative/collaborative work.

There have been studies on various desk arrangements including rows, clusters, circles/horseshoes(semi-circle or "U"), each for different purposes. You may wish to use a search engine to find examples of studies.