My son is 10 and has ADHD. He was in 5th grade and was accelerated conservatively mid year to 6th grade and two 7th grade classes. Reasons for holding back on acceleration was he struggled with quantity of writing, slow typing speed, and executive functions. He couldn't manage to get his planner home and get it initialed and was disruptive. etc.
After acceleration, he has not had problems managing his planner or "forgetting" homework at school. He wrote a 5,000 word short story. In one week, he caught up on typing speed. Sometimes they're not lacking skills as much as challenge. After a few weeks, my son subject accelerated again so he is in 6th, 7th, and 8th grades now. The first couple weeks were intense for him, but he learned study skills quickly and now says it is easy. He has straight A for the first time! He used to get low grades for lack of participation.
