[BobL]

“Early intervention is the secret. My great nephew was “special” He had 150+ IQ with a true learning disability. Because of the help he got in primary school he is now getting straight A’s in advanced classes. (His father with the same issues barely made it through school)”

Similar with me, too easily distracted to stay focused - barely finished high school, nearly kicked out of college. I knew my boys would be the same, so I rode them and made it painful for them when they had higher priorities. Needless to say, it worked fine.

But had I waited around for the ‘experts’ to step in, the boys would be moping along in their 20s, still trying to figure out what to do in life.

[hoosiermama]

So much of it is having a supportive home who recognizes the problem and is supportive. Sounds like your family, like ours knew we had problems. For some of us we were lucky to have the old style teachers who not only set parameters, but also challenged our talents. Many of the younger teachers either don't have those skills or are not allowed to use them.

My red headed, blue eyed grandson statistically will fall into the realm. His parents and I are already on it.....He's two months old.

[A Strict Constructionist]

“Early intervention is the secret”

The schools are hamstrung by GW Bushes no child left behind kaka rules. Sometimes to meet these guidelines it takes a year or more. Private/parochial schools do even better, they kick the kids out and dump them on the public schools so it takes even longer for the child to get help especially if they don’t fit the mold.