He went crazy with the tests!! He wrote an essay, scored 140 on the wisc-iv, told the tester that he enjoyed spending time with her but that learning subtraction facts was hard and would eventually kill him and so on. I don't understand why when he is tested he will do well but in the regular classroom he acts like he will surely die if he does anything but tear up pieces of paper and squirt glue inside his desk.
Do you have details on that WISC IV? I'm thinking that if he scored a 140 on Full Scale including low processing speed, he might have some 'super high' scores on other areas, right? Have you seen him inside the classroom? Does the school work seem hard or easy? Does he rip through his homework or study of tests? Did they end up putting him in the Gifted Program even with his behavior?
Look up 'Twice Exceptional' - the combo of AHDH and Gifted can be quite a handful. For him, for you and for the teachers.
Ask yourself if your son has decided that 'messing with the teacher's heads' is more interesting than anything else that is going on in the classroom. He wouldn't be the first 2E kid to decide that.
Also - is there another sibling who has 'cornered the market' on 'good at school' (I'm reading into your 'lots o tots' username.)
Welcome and glad you are here!
Grinity
