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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 458198" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>First - welcome.</p><p></p><p>I'd say you're ahead of the game to already have a neuropsychologist evaluation booked... </p><p>Because there is more going on than "just" the ADD/ADHD.</p><p>In my experience - the whole lieing, stealing etc.? It is <u>not THE problem.</u> It is a critical symptom. Most likely, he has multiple additional needs that are not recognized. He may have tried to self-advocate - but teachers don't believe these kids, usually. Nothing he has said to you (parents) has made any difference either. So... they start relying only on themselves - finding ways to get what they "need" (things that make them feel better about themselves, usually) - but this only compounds the problems and doesn't address the REAL needs.</p><p></p><p>I'd be curious to know about...</p><p>- how he's doing in school - math, english, phys ed?</p><p>- does he play team sports? level of success?</p><p>- has he ever been evaluated by a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP)? results?</p><p>- any other evaluations?</p><p></p><p>Possible red flags to me - not knowing answers to the above - would include (for starters)...</p><p>- motor skills issues: gross motor skills affect peer relationships, fine motor skills have major impacts on school tasks</p><p>- auditory issues - verbal language processing, handling background noise</p><p>- learning styles</p><p>- learning disabilities</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 458198, member: 11791"] First - welcome. I'd say you're ahead of the game to already have a neuropsychologist evaluation booked... Because there is more going on than "just" the ADD/ADHD. In my experience - the whole lieing, stealing etc.? It is [U]not THE problem.[/U] It is a critical symptom. Most likely, he has multiple additional needs that are not recognized. He may have tried to self-advocate - but teachers don't believe these kids, usually. Nothing he has said to you (parents) has made any difference either. So... they start relying only on themselves - finding ways to get what they "need" (things that make them feel better about themselves, usually) - but this only compounds the problems and doesn't address the REAL needs. I'd be curious to know about... - how he's doing in school - math, english, phys ed? - does he play team sports? level of success? - has he ever been evaluated by a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP)? results? - any other evaluations? Possible red flags to me - not knowing answers to the above - would include (for starters)... - motor skills issues: gross motor skills affect peer relationships, fine motor skills have major impacts on school tasks - auditory issues - verbal language processing, handling background noise - learning styles - learning disabilities [/QUOTE]
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