Been there myself. Many times I ended up not giving the pediatrician the whole big picture. For my daughter I would give generalizations, when asked questions about grades. I'm not sure the ped. ever really knew the full details of her LD's.
What I did do when I was in this situation with my DS was to call and talk with the pediatrician on the phone. It's helps that I have known this doctor for almost 20 years now and that it's a small practice. I usually have to wait till she can call be back but I can then have the conversation out of the child's hearing. We have also done the trick of sending the child with the nurse for a few minutes.
