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<blockquote data-quote="welcometowitsend" data-source="post: 562216" data-attributes="member: 14356"><p>Insane - I would agree that for my difficult child the home environment was better. When the docs that did his Tourettes and ADHD testing found out he was homeschooled they were happy to hear he was in that environment and encouraged us to continue on that path for as long as we could. Before we put him in school we did academic testing and he tested overall at Grade 11.5. His grammar skills were slightly below grade level (not his ability to write but his ability to diagram sentences), math was a little above grade level and everything else was very high, especially spelling and understanding the meaning of words (college level). When he was in school in JK he was academically ahead of his peers as well.</p><p></p><p>I have gone back and forth on the Aspie/Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) thing because my nephew is on the scale but we did the DSM-IV test for it and he doesn't fit the mold - and he's very charming, makes friends easily, is outgoing, a ladies man (too much so but that's another story). He did have some strong interests as a kid but not that he wasn't distractable from. He told me once that he used to talk about things like a favourite video game or lego and go on and on not because he couldn't stop talking about it but just to see how long I'd tolerate it before asking him to change the subject. So that looks aspie but then based on what he said he was aware that it was annoying but he'd do it just to see how long I'd put up with it. </p><p></p><p>He wasn't failing in school because he couldn't do the work he was failing in school because he wouldn't do the work and didn't show up for his classes. I think part of that was the depression on top of all the behavioural issues and the fact that he moved out and had no parental supervision did not help at all. He is very smart and can easily work around his ADHD issues as far as focus at school goes. He does have a problem with Executive Function and I think that has been the cause of some issues - can't get himself out of bed in the morning, misses the bus, lack of time management skills, keeping track of assignments (but still managing to get them done and handed in on time in Gr 9 and first half of Gr 10). I have tried to help him with these things but he doesn't see that he has a problem and refuses to try anything that is suggested to him. He'd rather muddle through and do crisis management - that said - he is smart enough that he can get away with crisis management at school. Despite everything that happened last year he didn't fail any classes - he pulled high enough grades cramming for exams that he passed everything. </p><p></p><p>I do think we need to do some very thorough testing with him to see what comes up. I mean, I can go round and round and guess and think but that's not going to do any good.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="welcometowitsend, post: 562216, member: 14356"] Insane - I would agree that for my difficult child the home environment was better. When the docs that did his Tourettes and ADHD testing found out he was homeschooled they were happy to hear he was in that environment and encouraged us to continue on that path for as long as we could. Before we put him in school we did academic testing and he tested overall at Grade 11.5. His grammar skills were slightly below grade level (not his ability to write but his ability to diagram sentences), math was a little above grade level and everything else was very high, especially spelling and understanding the meaning of words (college level). When he was in school in JK he was academically ahead of his peers as well. I have gone back and forth on the Aspie/Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) thing because my nephew is on the scale but we did the DSM-IV test for it and he doesn't fit the mold - and he's very charming, makes friends easily, is outgoing, a ladies man (too much so but that's another story). He did have some strong interests as a kid but not that he wasn't distractable from. He told me once that he used to talk about things like a favourite video game or lego and go on and on not because he couldn't stop talking about it but just to see how long I'd tolerate it before asking him to change the subject. So that looks aspie but then based on what he said he was aware that it was annoying but he'd do it just to see how long I'd put up with it. He wasn't failing in school because he couldn't do the work he was failing in school because he wouldn't do the work and didn't show up for his classes. I think part of that was the depression on top of all the behavioural issues and the fact that he moved out and had no parental supervision did not help at all. He is very smart and can easily work around his ADHD issues as far as focus at school goes. He does have a problem with Executive Function and I think that has been the cause of some issues - can't get himself out of bed in the morning, misses the bus, lack of time management skills, keeping track of assignments (but still managing to get them done and handed in on time in Gr 9 and first half of Gr 10). I have tried to help him with these things but he doesn't see that he has a problem and refuses to try anything that is suggested to him. He'd rather muddle through and do crisis management - that said - he is smart enough that he can get away with crisis management at school. Despite everything that happened last year he didn't fail any classes - he pulled high enough grades cramming for exams that he passed everything. I do think we need to do some very thorough testing with him to see what comes up. I mean, I can go round and round and guess and think but that's not going to do any good. [/QUOTE]
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