Logan

As I mentioned in my first post, the reason I went so far as to be checked for ADHD was because I was in the process of getting my almost nine year old assessed for ADD as well.  Today, we received a few answers and they were good.

A psychologist observed Logan in class.  She says there definitely are some attention issues, but nothing that warrants him into medication or anything like that.  What we will do is work with him.  They will give the teachers some strategies to work with him and help him work better and more efficiently on his part.  This will include giving him breaks during longer tasks, helping him learn to recognize when he's wandering in his mind and help him learn to bring it back to focus, and give him more time to complete tasks.

Logan is a very smart kid.  He just needs a bit more attention on him and a bit more oversight while he's doing what he is supposed to be doing.  I'm hoping we've caught it soon enough and he will be getting the understanding and support he needs while in school.  It gets him onto their radar so that if something comes up in the future, say grade 6, they will have much of his background and know that this has been an issue for a while.  I just really don't want him to go through what I went through as a kid in school.  So smart, so good, but underachieving.  My self confidence and self esteem was brutally low.  He doesn't need that.

So...a plan in place, no medication on the horizon and we're on the right track.  We'd been doing a lot of the things they had suggested, but not as consistently as we could have been.

Time to move forward.  For both Logan and I.