Grinity,

Thanks for the advise - my daughter is already considering getting a second opinion depending on the outcome of the school evaluation. If it seems warranted, I will try to convince her to at least do a phone interview with one of the best and if she likes what she hears, travel this summer for an evaluation. We desperately need to get the "real scoop" on GD and I don't know if there is anyone in Houston we can trust to be familiar enough with kids like GD.

vicam - I'm glad you got your son an accurate diagnosis and are seeing a change in attitude with the teachers at least. I guess I should look up Tourette's now - thanks I think. Seriously I appreciate the input and will do more research. I've been doing a lot of reading lately.