The Diagnosis

Well just got back from the follow up meeting with the psychologist and after 9 long hours of evaluation last week, Timmy received his official ADHD Dx today.
I now have to set an appointment with his pediatrician to start medication as the psychologist felt very strongly that they will help him immensely as he was also unofficially labeled as "gifted." She said the schools here don't recognize giftedness until usually second grade so we should bring him in again towards the end of first grade to be reevaluated but that at 5 1/2-6 they are most likely where they will remain and he is currently at the 95-98% for all but one academic test and the one he did poorly is one that she said is one that is a huge indicator of how he is affected by the ADHD.
Just hearing all this info makes me feel so much better, she confirmed every gut feeling I've had for so long but that everyone has tried to convince me otherwise.
So we will hopefully be starting meds before school starts and then she recommended setting up a meeting with his teacher for a couple weeks into the year to develop of 504 plan. So I need to get some info on that. but she said it basically means that we will write a list of accommodations to be made for him to help him stay focused, such as having him seated at the front of the room.
She also said he would actually be a good candidate to go straight to 1st grade but didn't know if that was an option but that he will definitely need extra enrichment to not be totally bored with kindergarten.


~~Update: His appt with the pediatrician is Aug 5th~~