I am concerned about identification of learning disabilities and the label attached on him. Since we won't consider medication, why can't we just wait it out.
I just wanted to say that the gifted/LD labels that DS got back in grade 1 were huge improvements over the ones that the teachers were coming to on their own - lazy, defiant, stubborn, rude, etc. The teacher assumed he was an average IQ kid with ADHD with behavior issues. To clarify I don't think ADHD is a bad label when it is accurate but in his case it wasn't. The teachers had much more success when they had the right labels to start with. It is hard to improve things when you're just looking at symptoms rather than the correct root cause(s).
ETA - more importantly DS was also starting to come to his own conclusions about his challenges (he started saying things like - I'm so dumb). Helping him understand both his strengths and challenges made a huge difference.
