What does a diagnosis really tell you? What do the labels Specific Learning Disability, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) actually mean? How are parents to know which classification is the best fit for their child and will result in the greatest progress?
Read full article...Sarah is in the second grade and has received D’s and F’s on her report card all year. Her parents had taken her to a neurologist who ruled out a medical cause, including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Suspecting a learning disability, they contact her district’s child study team for a psychoeducational evaluation. After anxiously awaiting results, they are told, “We have great news! There is no significant discrepancy between her overall IQ and her achievement scores, which means she has no learning disability.”
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