Some teachers may be challenged, or feel defensive, when she asks lots of questions. They will need to understand that this is not a personal challenge, but a compensatory strategy for maintaining attention and student engagement during instructional activities. If they embrace her necessary accommodations, they will get to see the scaled score 18 child. If they don't, they will be stuck with the scaled score 3 child.
Wow, that is a really concise and revealing way of putting it. I'm glad I asked, because this is something I can repeat at her 504 planning meeting this week.
She starts middle school in the fall, and we are meeting with the middle school counselor so we can plan for the transition.
Are you saying that the ADHD is a new diagnosis, and ASD is ruled out?
No, she's had the ADHD diagnosis for a while, but I didn't feel that it really "captured" her accurately. (I fought medication for a while. We tried it this year, and it made for only a marginal improvement, so she is back off of it.) The psychologist did give her an ASD diagnosis today.
I will be happy to add the name of the test when I know it.
