She said that his above average to very superior divided attention is inconsistent with working memory deficits wich usually accompany ADHD. Also, we see less of the ADD-like issues at home than they do at school. She also said that it's difficult to tease out differences at this age between anxiety, ADHD, anxiety, asynchronous development and lack of engagement.
You can say that again!
So try your best to get the academic fit to work, and work with the rest.
I will say that my son's WM has always been a strength, with well below average processing speed. So - at our house - we haven't experienced that WM at 120 or higher rules out ADD inattentive. DS's teacher in 4th grade also said that he was quite able to split his attention into several tracks, and described it as though he was watching 12 TVs at the same time, and wished that she could get him to tune 3 or 12 to her station.
We didn't see the ADD inattentive until the academic fit problem was ironed out, and we had to overcome the underachievement habits first to be sure it wasn't that.
Smiles,
grinity
