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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 522610" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p><strong>clmuppy...</strong> I hope we haven't lost you in the academic discussion of ADHD. Some of these "common" dxes are not nearly as well defined - or as universally defined - as we like to believe!</p><p></p><p>But... re-reading your posts... I'm seeing things that look more and more like my difficult child at that age. And... for difficult child? it took us much too long to find this out, but the single biggest challenge wasn't the ADHD, or even his Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) (motor sklls issues)... it was Auditory Processing Disorders (APD). APDs look exactly like ADHD - not paying attention, trouble following instructions, social impact, etc. Especially APDs like "auditory figure ground" - where they do not function well in noisy environments. Lunch and recess are... incredibly noisy. If he can't figure out what is going on... he can't really participate... and not participating results in being left out and socially ostracized. (been there done that) So, he could be getting lost in the class and on the playground... the overload from all of this creating serious burn-out, which he then explodes with at home. </p><p></p><p>If any of this is making sense... please look at a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) evaluation for the full spectrum of Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) issues... Statistically, there's a high chance that a kid with ADHD either has a co-morbid diagnosis of Auditory Processing Disorders (APD)... or is Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) instead.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 522610, member: 11791"] [B]clmuppy...[/B] I hope we haven't lost you in the academic discussion of ADHD. Some of these "common" dxes are not nearly as well defined - or as universally defined - as we like to believe! But... re-reading your posts... I'm seeing things that look more and more like my difficult child at that age. And... for difficult child? it took us much too long to find this out, but the single biggest challenge wasn't the ADHD, or even his Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) (motor sklls issues)... it was Auditory Processing Disorders (APD). APDs look exactly like ADHD - not paying attention, trouble following instructions, social impact, etc. Especially APDs like "auditory figure ground" - where they do not function well in noisy environments. Lunch and recess are... incredibly noisy. If he can't figure out what is going on... he can't really participate... and not participating results in being left out and socially ostracized. (been there done that) So, he could be getting lost in the class and on the playground... the overload from all of this creating serious burn-out, which he then explodes with at home. If any of this is making sense... please look at a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) evaluation for the full spectrum of Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) issues... Statistically, there's a high chance that a kid with ADHD either has a co-morbid diagnosis of Auditory Processing Disorders (APD)... or is Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) instead. [/QUOTE]
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