renie,
I know you weren't suggesting Asperger's, but I wanted to throw this out there in case it gives anyone else any insight. I've looked at several different symptom lists of Asperger's and my son does not have any of the symptoms. He doesn't get lost in his own thought so that you can't get his attention, it more that his mind wanders while he's supposed to be doing his work. We can always get him to refocus for a few minutes if we're there, but then he gets distracted again. Non-stop. I think he does get distracted by things in the room as well. But, like hkc75 said about trying to think about the source of a background noise, I think he just gets distracted by something as a starting point and then his brain runs with it.
A clinical problem or a problem with disciplining himself to not get distracted or merely a personality trait? When we get a full educational assessment done, how will they decide which it is?
