Nic I know what you mean about the schools quickly classifying kids as having adhd or some other disorder. The funny thing is this, when you call on them to put their money where their mouth is you have to jump through hoops to get them to do what is right by your child and their job. If the school says he needs to be seen for adhd then they need to be the ones to initiate the tests and have him tested on his abilities. Here it was done through the parent resource center. If you like you can send me a private message on where you live and I will see if I can find the resources that you need to go up against the school. I do know this, make sure any days he has missed is excused ie doctors appointments or ill. The school will use his attendance as the first thing to avoid doing the next step. There are many forms of adhd and add. Adhd doesn't necessarily mean your child is climbing the walls. Its more of a form of how your child processes things and the testing the school does will get that information. I went through this fight a few years ago with my oldest child now 15 who does have adhd and now about to start it again with my youngest 13 who has mood disorder (my lil kevin kaboom "katie kaboom). I used to have a lot of helfful links but accidentally deleted them I will find them again for you. Any time a child has adhd or a mood disorder it affects how they think the schools will argue this till they are blue in the face possibly saying well it is not like this in all his classes (educators can be so stupid sometimes) well duh different teaching methods. But the child is qualified for special attention whether the school likes it or not. (rather suprised im not cussing yet). It is under federal guidelines and I will try to find the links. This topic is one I have normally stayed from because it gets me VERY HOT under the collar (plus Im personally am not on the right meds yet, still working on em).
Well I am going to go now and see if I can find that link. I could go on for hours about this and I dont want to bore anyone.

Peg