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Hi Gtc, our psych mentioned Cogmed in passing so it appears legit. He hasn't finished ds' write up yet so no firm diagnosis of anything yet, but low psi to be sure. It's funny, he's not always slow, so there are still questions in my mind too about boredom, etc. Your district has a hard cut off for gt eligibility, or are you not sure? Ours seems a little flexible at least, I have made a couple of calls on it. They are surprisingly forthcoming with info, too. If they seriously consider creativity and reading level, ds might still be found eligible. Also, in light of the psi thing, the person I chatted with said a 'child study' could be done to better understand any gt/ld educational needs. She said, 'this stuff can be complex'. Anyway that was encouraging for me and I wanted to share in case you have other avenues you could pursue within the schools. Please keep writing, I am interested to hear more...:)

To some degree, this is true. Many children/adults with ADHD can hyperfocus on tasks that are interesting to them. The difference is with everyday behavior. I generally find those dx with ADHD do not have a time sense... or basically know when to quit and have lunch or, their memories of what they had just leisurely read has been quickly forgotten.

My teen son is a 2E child and it has not been a very pleasent experience. One thing that was consistent was standardized tests he would ace with a perfect score... sometimes the begining of the year when he started that grade level. He needed teachers to repeat instructions or post them so he can remind himself what he was to be working on.

Reading was a nightmare in 3rd grade, but he learned how to answer the questions without reading the text. He just used logical reasoning or skimmed various sentences.

Because gt testing is just a snapshot score of what your child was performing on that given day... why not see if you can incorporate ideal studying/learning habits and take the test again the next year?

Actually, I think I'm getting ready to homeschool. That's why I haven't been online really. I'm trying to gather materials and make up a curriculum and plan it all out. Spring break is coming up for his school so it's the ideal time to get started. Homeschooling will allow me to really figure out what's going on with him and teach him skills to compensate until we're able to pinpoint the root of his problem. He's also starting a private sensory OT (brain kines) program as well.

gtc,I have been following your posts. I am glad you have decided to homeschool. I was going to wait until ds has taken the achievement test (end of April) before I decide. Then I realize no matter how the achievement test turns out, our school won't be able to accommodate ds. So we are going to homeschool also. There was a homeschool resource question a couple weeks ago. Did you take a look at that? Here is the link:
http://giftedissues.davidsongifted....chool_Curriculum_Resource.html#Post41319

Good luck!

That's great, Gtc, I have considered this too, but for now anyway the school does seem to be working out, they are trying, and pretty up-to-date with their thinking, so I am crossing all my fingers Best of luck on the hs!

GTC and fangcyn - welcome to the club! That's what got me into HSing...I felt I needed more time w/ him to get a handle on his issues.

This article seems like it belongs in this thread, about new research on inconsistency of response times from adhd children, rather than consistently slow responses.
I don't know why this didn't occur to me before, but I guess it would be too easy to throw a very bad score by having just a few very very slow responses despite generally being about average in response time. Still not great, but interesting.

Inconsistent Performance Speed Among Children with ADHD...