We recently had our child examined to discover strategies we
and the schools might use to help her learn and retain material
more effectively.
We expect the final report will show the presence of dyslexia
and perhaps Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
Not entirely unexpected, really.
Kiddo was born apart from Laurel and me with some
challenges — parting gifts from her birth mother.
Laurel knew this when she adopted our lovely child. Typically
kids born with these addictions develop some emotional and
learning difficulties. In our daughter's case, I feel the
emotional part probably presented on time (when she was very
young), but she hasn't had any serious learning challenges with
the exception of a diminished capacity to retain the material she
reads; she has to work harder than her classmates on that score.
We'd been working with her and the school through an individual education plan to
help her achieve, and she's been doing a pretty good job — but
we still wanted an actual diagnosis.
We're about to get it.
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