Originally Posted by
AnnieW625
... I really don’t think she will be ready for a true middle school in 6th grade (she is in 4th now, has ADHD, and is being tested for other learning disabilities....I suspect dyslexia), plus sometimes she comes across as immature. ...
So, here's the thing ... the ADHD actually impacts maturity. My DD is also in 4th, has ADHD, and she lags behind similarly-aged peers in social skills and maturity level. We have to constantly remind ourselves of this, because she is otherwise a happy-go-lucky, well-adjusted kid ... it's just that she has a tendency to act more like a 1st or 2nd grader sometimes than a kid who's in the spring semester of 4th grade (early though it may be for us.)
Our district's middle school is 6-8, so my DD will start in 6th grade. She will likely achieve her objectives for her speech IEP, but we are actually adding a lot to her ADHD 504 this year.
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Liz
DD (3/2010)
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