So...dunno. I am taking the ADHD dx with a grain of salt. I'd like to tackle LD's, and change school environments first to see what happens.
Medication is such a big deal...yikes.
What kinds of changes are you considering with the school environment?
I agree that dealing with the LDs is important, but as big a deal as medication is, I think it's a smaller deal than dropping down from an appropriate program (if the program is in fact appropriate for your DD.)
Summer is coming, and I'm wondering if you were planning to do some catching up in Math with her during the summer with something like Aleks.com on the computer. Not so much for her benefit, but for you to get a 'close up and personal' view of what learning is like for your DD. I'm also going to recommend that you find a time to listen to spoken word books as a family so that she can move ahead with developing a love of literature while she is working out the kinks in her reading skills. Jim Dale's audio of Harry Potter was much beloved in our family.
How is your DD's vision? Has it been checked by a behavioral optometrist? They find things that the regular optomologists don't. (If these things are real or not is another thread, but many children appear to have benefitted.) Hard to read when one can't track or see the words.
Happy Mother's Day,
Grinity
