Re:Children’s A.D.D. Drugs Don’t Work Long-Term
by Mz on Friday January 18, 2013 @01:59PM
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Before you make any decision, please join a gifted list. Bright sudents who are suffering from "bored gifted kid syndrome" are frequently pathologized by teachers and other experts, who are usually unqualified to appropriately assess them. A grade skip, enrichment, homeschooling or some other means to challenge the child might be a more effective "cure". I know of kids who were distractable and never on task until enrolled in college at age 13 and things like that.
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Re:Children’s A.D.D. Drugs Don’t Work Long-Term
by ericcumbee on Friday January 18, 2013 @02:51PM
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I was gifted and ADD...there is actually a large correlation between the diagnosis of ADD and being classified gifted.
Re:Children’s A.D.D. Drugs Don’t Work Long-Term
by Mz on Friday January 18, 2013 @04:01PM
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Yes that's true. And OCD, ASD, etc. But ADD is supposed to be a diagnosis of elimination. If you haven't found something else to account for the symptoms, after all else has been looked at, you classify them ADD. In contrast, professionals with little to no experience with gifted or twice exceptional kids frequently leap to conclusions. ADD is one of those conclusions. You can be both gifted and ADD. You can also just be bright, bored to tears and annoying the fool out of the adults around you.
Re:Children’s A.D.D. Drugs Don’t Work Long-Term
by lancefisher on Friday January 18, 2013 @04:09PM
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Thanks. What exactly is a gifted list? Is it a club you join, a newsletter you subscribe to, or a specific organization? Do you have any recommendations?
Re:Children’s A.D.D. Drugs Don’t Work Long-Term
by Mz on Friday January 18, 2013 @04:16PM
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Like an email list. Google "Hoagies gifted page". She should have a list of resources. Pick one, or a few, and sign up. Stick with whichever one works for you. Read the discussion, surf the archives, pick up a few popular books. Your view of your child will evolve and you will be more able to determine if you need to seek intervention for a handicap or just up the intellectual "diet". :-)
Edit: My fossilized list of recommendations: http://www.kidslikemine.com/archive/supportontheweb.shtml
It isn't remotely current. I am very out of the loop. But Hoagies is linked there and she should have more current info.