A diagnosis of ADHD can (correctly) be made only if the problem is occurring in more than one setting.
DeeDee
This sort of brings back memories. Given a sensitive, nontraditional, Gifted parent, I've experienced the situation where school is the ONLY environment where the child shows symptoms because school is the
only place where the child goes that has more than the minimum of rules, boundaries and limitations.
We have to keep in mind how much intensity and effort a gifted parent can pour into keeping a child functional when in truth the child has fallen well behind agemates. Not to mention how much energy, intensity and effort the child is pouring into holding it all together. This is a very difficult situation.
Ideally there would be a differentiated diagnostic list for every spot on the IQ curve.
shrugs and more shrugs
Grinity
