Okay, we're just waiting for the scheduling call from the university folks for CAPD and hearing testing.
DD's teacher says, "I feel that what I'm seeing in class is an attention issue."
It's not the first time it's been hinted at. But I look at inattentive ADD and I just don't see it. I mean, I see a few things, but this is not a child with trouble focusing. She also doesn't lose things much anymore (we had a brief problem with this at the beginning of last year but I can't recall our last lost item) and isn't particularly disorganized. She does, by her own admission, daydream in class, but I think this is her way of compensating for boredom. She has a very active inner fantasy life. I asked her if she ever feels like she has more trouble paying attention than other kids and she looked at me like I had two heads. IMO, she can definitely pay attention quite well. However, it's true that it can be hard to GET her attention if she is absorbed.
Couple of thoughts, Ultra--
1) Glad you are ruling out (or in) the hearing and CAPD issues.
2) ADD and ASD can be confounding. The "lost in own head" or "active fantasy life" elements can be characteristic of ASD; that failure to tune in, or "what?" kind of kid can just have such nice things going on the inner screen that they don't check in with the world. If the hearing/CAPD are ruled out, I would still say to take your DD to a neuropsych who has seen lots of girls with autism and get a really serious workup to figure out the attention and anxiety issues, and parse out what you're dealing with. Knowing can really help.
DeeDee
