The reason that we had him tested for ADHD is on the recommendation of his teachers as he showed characteristics of ADHD. The Phycologist suggests that his profile is consistent of ADHD and his given him that diagnosis. One of her suggestions was that he would benefit from receiving enrichment activities at school.
What specific characteristics were the teachers seeing that they felt were indicators of ADHD?
He does have fine motor issues (penmanship is often quite bad). We have been scribing for him on his homework lately and the difference is tremendous. Homework is often done in a 1/4 of the normal time spent.
Did the psychologist include any additional testing other than IQ/achievement? For instance, was there a test to differentiate if the reason for the low coding scores might be due to fine motor or visual (a common test for this is the Beery VMI), were there any tests to see if there are challenges with executive functioning? Was there any review of writing samples to look for issues such as punctuation, spacing, etc? Were there any recommendations for OT or visual assessments as follow-up to the testing?
Sorry for asking more questions! But they will help us with making some suggestions for what to look into next.
Best wishes,
polarbear
