Thanks for your responses. I guess that I think there is more to it than simply time management and organization. Although, that is a huge part.
When we he had his testing done the discrepancy between the working memory and processing speed subsets and the rest of his test were HUGE which made the tester think dyslexia or something. He is a great reader so we never really looked to much into it. And then his elementary gifted program was so great and indidvidualized that he didn't need it. But, that said his handwriting, spelling, and grammar are so bad that maybe I should rethink it.
I have had two girls go through the gifted program and done wonderfully so part of me wonders if I just am not used to how boys work. He does very well on all of his tests, but still at the moment has two "D's" and and "F" due to missing or incomplete assignments which I am sure is the ADHD. I just don't want to find out later that he did have something more serious going on and was able to just skate by due to his IQ.
I guess my biggest worry is that he will continue down this path and even though he has a gifted mind will have such bad grades he won't even be able to get into college. The school has never suggested an IEP or 504 since 2nd grade when they had an OT test him because of his handwriting. He scored in the 8%, but he had to be 7% or below to receive services.
Has anyone gotten an IEP for ADHD alone in there school, and if so what did you do? Or should I push to have him retested? I don't know at this point if finding out he does have dyslexia will make a huge difference...how would they accomodate for that?
Thanks for your input!!
