<p>Woot! </p>
<p>First response was received this week… an acceptance from the flagship university of a neighboring state. :)</p>
<p>MaryOC…congrats to your daughter! That is exciting news to get. Just read this thread and it sounds like you and your daughter did great research and I’m sure she will be successful at more of her schools.</p>
<p>Mary–Congratulations to your daughters first acceptance! I would be very interested in the schools she is applying to if you wouldn’t mind listing or PMing me. My DS2 is somewhat similar to your daughter. He’s a HS freshman and he works very hard and does well in school. He’s opposite of your DD where he’s stronger in math/science than in engllish/writing. He does not test well, so unless things change during his HS years, we will be looking for test optional schools also. </p>
<p>Good luck with the rest of the process. She’s going to college!!! How exciting!!</p>
<p>VAMom2015… It’s early to be celebrating successes, but I’ll be happy to PM her list of schools to you. Please understand most of them are small LAC’s with and without religious affiliation, and a sprinkling of flagship and 2nd tier State University campuses - all in the North East. We won’t know how accurately our sites were set, until we start to hear from her other choices.</p>
<p>Below is a link to my original post in the LD Forum, in case anyone can benefit from the advice and questions shared there:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/learning-differences-challenges-ld-adhd/1228912-test-score-advice-other-ld-parents-please.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/learning-differences-challenges-ld-adhd/1228912-test-score-advice-other-ld-parents-please.html</a></p>
<p>My daughter has been retested for learning disabilities through her high school and is still eligible to receive accomodations. She is a senior typically with a 3.3 - 3.5 GPA. She has already been accepted to 4 schools, but we have not applied for additional learning resources yet. Do colleges accept the high school testing or do I also need to get a diagnosis from an MD? She does not take any medication. Her learning disability stems from low memory, below average comprehension and processing speed. I high school, the only accomodation she used was extra time on tests, but I think she will need to use other accomodations once the hits the more challenging work in college. She has been accepted into Fairleigh Dickinson’s Freshman Intensive Studies program which looks like an excellent fit for her since it provides alot of extra support in the first year.</p>
<p>My son was diagnosed with ADHD by a developmental neurologist when he was 7. Never diagnosed by a psychologist. He began taking concerta and later vyvanse. The first day he took the concerta (he was 7), I said nothing to the tutor who was working with him. Her unsolicited comments were, Wow! he was so on task; I stayed late because we were accomplishing so much. Never doubted the meds helped him alot.</p>
<p>I’m very interested to hear advice on this topic too. My son has an ADHD diagnosis from a neurologist, has been taking meds since age 7. He stopped receiving accomodations in 6th grade, but in HS has been mostly a B student albeit in the most rigorous classes. He really needed more time for the SAT writing test, so I asked for this accomodation and he was tested and received it; also has more time for HS testing, but hasn’t used it. He now has A+s in 3 AP classes. I asked him how he is doing it and he says he doesn’t know. So scared that he can continue to do well in college. Was very lucky to be accepted to a huge reach school.</p>
<p>We had an IEPinhigh school, but found the resource teacher to not be helpful one on one. resource teachers just don’t always “get” students who are in honors that have ADHD… our best approach was to meet for the IEP, formulate specific goals on time management, consistency,etc. Our goals required the rsp to go to each general Ed teacher and get comments. this was Very helpful. in Junior year, her IEP was up, and we knew she would no longer qualify, but we made them retest her anyway and document strengths and weaknesses. wWe then took that testing to Th Disabilities department before school started. they were very helpful, and she knew that if she needed help the door was open. DDalso independently decided to return to meds when starting college, which her psychiatrist found to be an excellent idea… straight As her first semester…best gpa ever!</p>
<p>^^Glad to hear she had a great first semester! I am curious why she did not qualify in her jr. year, when her IEP was up? Didn’t she still have the ADHD?</p>
<p>I am concerned the school will try this with my D. She has ADHD-Inattentive and language LD, including very low working memory. With accommodations and incredible hard work on her part, she is doing very well freshman year of hs. I can see them trying not to provide services. Ultimately I know I have (and will get again if necessary) the private testing that is conclusive, but I am not looking forward to another time and energy consuming battle with spec ed.</p>
<p>There needs to be evidence that she is performing below her ability, which at that point she was not. She really kicked it into gear in Junior year, and even more now that she is in college. </p>
<p>Be prepared to document how her ADHD affects her scores (e.g. inconsistent completion of assignments, etc). It is not the schooll’s job to assist her to maintain academic excellence - it is their job to give her “an appropriate education.” Big difference. Although we “won” consultive services at the 8th grade IEP, I honestly couldn’t justify more in junior year. (Sorry for all the typos on my posts - you can sure tell when I am typing on an ipad vs a computer!) Our DD stopped meds in freshman year, but elected to restart before college to assist her with concentration and development of new strategies. Her psychiatrist thought this was an excellent idea, and indicated that it is smart to do this “proactively” rather than wait to see if they will fail first. Worked like a charm!</p>