All along he was not getting everything that was taught. He was called lazy, inattentive, daydreamer, etc. Much time was wasted initially, because we were not sure if the problems were related to the emmotions we were all feeling. Only then did the school phycologist congratulate us that Matthew had finally fallen below the line and could now enter the special needs program. I know she didn't mean for it to sound as it did, but I couldn't help myself, I had to make a comment on what a shame that almost three years had passed and now we could all celebrate Matt's demise educationally.
Many teachers still consider it over diagnosed and a bunch of bull.
Each year I run into at least one teacher who doesn't buy into the problem and decides she will be the one to straigten Matt out. It's incredibly frustrating. Don't miss understand me, we have had some wonderful, caring teachers along the way, but they are few and far between. The teachers who first discovered the problem were wonderful advocates for Matt early on. They would give me some insider tips on how to deal with the burocracy.