I agree about trying other methods first. I have a friend who's son is gifted in math but is having trouble with his reading and with some cognitive processing issues. His teacher talked to my friend the other day about testing him for ADD - not the hyperactive kind, just the inattentive part. I'm very scared for her that they will just label him ADD and want to put him on something without truly finding out what the underlying problem is. I encouraged her to ask for testing to rule out other problems first but I don't even know what kind of testing they do for cognitive issues to even guide her in the right direction and she doesn't really even know what questions to ask or what to research at this point. It seems alot of times people just want to label an issue ADD or ADHD without first attempting to see if it is something else. It is scary.
