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<blockquote data-quote="KellieK" data-source="post: 66080" data-attributes="member: 3962"><p>Hi there. Thanks for the responses. What exactly is a neuropsychologist? difficult child has been evaluated several times, but they pretty much keep wanting to focus on the educational side of things, despite what I say. I keep telling them that he doesn't really have a problem academically, other than the fact that he refuses to do homework etc. </p><p></p><p>He flunked the 7th grade because he wouldn't participate in class or do his homework and they "administratively" placed him in the 8th grade anyway. This was because his test averages were all As and Bs. Plus, the teachers were supposed to be checking his planner everyday to make sure his assignments were written down etc. and they only did it about 10% of the time. He did great in the 8th grade because we moved to get him into a different school and they actually followed through with communicating with us, so his homework was completed everyday.</p><p></p><p>When I found out I was being transferred from Maine to Virginia for my job, we decided to let difficult child stay up in Maine with his grandparents. He was doing so well there in school and he and husband were having more and more issues. At the time, it seemed the best solution. It didn't take long for my parents to figure out that difficult child had fooled them. He had them convinced that we were abusing him, more husband than me. He went to live with them in May and by October my mother was calling me and saying that if he didn't straighten out by Christmas, that I would have to come get him. Of course, he didn't make it that far because he was suspended in Nov. for the knife issue.</p><p></p><p>Before I totally strayed, the point I was trying to make is that I really don't think difficult child has a learning disability or ADHD. He is super smart and when he does put in just a little effort, he excels in any subject. What I guess scares me is that if he was 18, he could very easily be given a diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder. I keep trying to tell the psychologists that it's his behavior I'm concerned about at this point but they keep minimizing the behavioral issues and focus on the educational aspect that isn't really an issue.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KellieK, post: 66080, member: 3962"] Hi there. Thanks for the responses. What exactly is a neuropsychologist? difficult child has been evaluated several times, but they pretty much keep wanting to focus on the educational side of things, despite what I say. I keep telling them that he doesn't really have a problem academically, other than the fact that he refuses to do homework etc. He flunked the 7th grade because he wouldn't participate in class or do his homework and they "administratively" placed him in the 8th grade anyway. This was because his test averages were all As and Bs. Plus, the teachers were supposed to be checking his planner everyday to make sure his assignments were written down etc. and they only did it about 10% of the time. He did great in the 8th grade because we moved to get him into a different school and they actually followed through with communicating with us, so his homework was completed everyday. When I found out I was being transferred from Maine to Virginia for my job, we decided to let difficult child stay up in Maine with his grandparents. He was doing so well there in school and he and husband were having more and more issues. At the time, it seemed the best solution. It didn't take long for my parents to figure out that difficult child had fooled them. He had them convinced that we were abusing him, more husband than me. He went to live with them in May and by October my mother was calling me and saying that if he didn't straighten out by Christmas, that I would have to come get him. Of course, he didn't make it that far because he was suspended in Nov. for the knife issue. Before I totally strayed, the point I was trying to make is that I really don't think difficult child has a learning disability or ADHD. He is super smart and when he does put in just a little effort, he excels in any subject. What I guess scares me is that if he was 18, he could very easily be given a diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder. I keep trying to tell the psychologists that it's his behavior I'm concerned about at this point but they keep minimizing the behavioral issues and focus on the educational aspect that isn't really an issue. [/QUOTE]
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