I am resurrecting this thread because I'm still trying to figure this out. Here is an excerpt from an email I got back from the reading assessor regarding what assessment she used:
"The assessment I used was an informal assessment that I created myself. It is based on my 18 years of experience and knowledge working with students with learning differences. In my professional opinion, I did not observe anything that would lead me to believe that your daughter has a learning disability. I am not a licensed diagnostician so I am not sure how much weight my findings would have. If you are interested in doing a full psychoeducational evaluation I can forward you some referrals. My degree is in Special Education with a Learning Disabilities concentration."
So that's all the info I got. That, and she is reading at grade level. I asked my daughter about the things on this page
http://imaginationsoup.net/2012/11/12/the-4-big-reasons-kids-dont-like-to-read/, and she said "too sitty." That said, she can sit and watch videos on YouTube for hours if I let her. She does tend to tip in her chair, and likes to fidget with things while watching (I'm getting her a stress ball type thing so she doesn't keep picking up random items).
She doesn't lose things at school, can sit down and do her homework (although she seriously couldn't care less about it, she does it because she knows she has to and her handwriting is terrible). Her math and language arts just came back as in the low to mid 80 percentiles. So am I dealing with inattentive ADD? She just seems like a social butterfly who isn't interested in academics. She never seems spacey although she does seem to have a hard time sitting still. Her teacher says she always wants to get up in the classroom and get a tissue, etc. However her teacher doesn't really let the kids move that much.
