Hi,
I don't post very often. But right now I need some advice. I have suspected that there is something not quiet right with my daughter. She is 10 and very bright. She is kind and funny. But lately she has changed and has become very frustrated and angry. Over the last 3 years her teachers have noticed changes too. She hides her schoolwork if she doesn't want to do it. Homework is a slog. I have to sit with the all the time to make sure she does it. Her hand writing is terrible. She is having Occupational Therapy sessions for the concentration and hand writing. The clinic thinks she should been tested further but it costs so much (€1300) and the test is really to rule out autism. And I don't think the clinic can help if it is ADHD, but I have not asked them either. I don't know where else to go other than my GP. The clinic told me if I go public it could take years for the tests. She will be in secondary school by then. I have read the symptoms of ADHD and it is her down to a t. I know boys are different and girls can go undiagnosed as they react differently. She fidgets a lot. Daydreams. She is super bright when you get her focused. She loves reading. She would read the phone book given a chance. Even asking her to do her pocket money jobs is awful. She is sensitive to sound and light. She will sometimes have a meltdown over the tiniest thing. She dropped her favourite lunchbox the other day and it cracked very slightly on the edge. She acted like it was the end of the world. And there is no consoling her. She does get some SNA time in school a few times a week. Which she loves. She really likes the one on one. I suppose it helps her focus and achieve something therefore she gets praised or rewarded.
I do have reward charts and white boards to write out her jobs and to do lists. They sort of work but only when I remind her to check them. She is very forgetful and I know she gets upset and frustrated by this.
I'm just wondering can anyone with a girl help me please? I really don't know what to do.