I called and spoke with a Developmental pediatrician today and we are in the process of making an appointment. He will look at everything - auditory, visual, intelligence- to help us determine the cause of the behavior. I had the eyeopening experience of watching him do some math worksheets this weekend. I had to sit by him to get him to complete them. He told me he does not even read the whole problem -- just skims for the key words (less,more) and the numbers (explains why he never draws the picture - I suppose you could call it impulsive). It was all the work he has not turned in for the past few weeks, so it was half done and about 8 pages in all. He did them in about 20 minutes, but only because I sat next to him and kept him on task. When I left the room, he was up doing some other activity. It made me realize that if he was not so bright and able to do these problems with such little mental effort, it would have been near impossible.

Most of our homework is wrting down the name of a book you read and a short sentence about it(not much of a problem since he loves to read and choses his own books and comes up with the shortest concise sentence.) This was a completely different experience. I am looking forward to meeting with the doctor. Thanks to everyone for sharing thier thoughts and experiences.