"My stomach dropped, as I'd had my own suspicions for years. I'd often seen her staring blankly at the lengthy math equations, unsure of what to do. She frequently doodled in the column of her spiral notebook and complained that she didn't know how to do her assignments. I flashed back to the draining late nights we'd spent sitting at the dining table, sorting through her homework assignments, which became a long list of unchecked boxes on her iPad to-do list."
"Until that moment, for the last six years, I'd felt as though it would always be this way. That my daughter would never be like me and enjoy going to school, or writing, or doing math, and that she'd always have a hard time keeping up. It had become our dark reality. I was desperate for change, for her to not feel so lost and worn down. It had taken a toll on me, too."
In Fall 2022 a mother stood barefoot on her deck listening to her daughter's fifth grade teacher, who gently suggested evaluation for possible ADHD. The daughter often stared blankly at math problems, doodled during class, and said she didn't know how to complete assignments. Homework became a series of unchecked items and grades dropped from B's to C's and D's. The mother recalled exhausting late nights helping with assignments and feeling helpless about an invisible problem. Prior teachers had dismissed concerns as lack of practice, while the observing teacher recognized behaviors consistent with ADHD, offering a path forward.
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