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| Life with ADHD kids is exasperating, inspiring, and wonderful. Get to know our kids. You may find you are familiar with them already. Counting to 504 Our second son was in fourth grade when his teacher approached me about having him tested for ADHD and a learning disability. Our son did not qualify for special education, so it was recommended that we get him a 504 plan. I'd never heard of a 504; it sounded like something you attached to your 1040. Get to know this kid. The Spider As a general rule, I don't pick up things I can't identify. Therefore, I must have been rather distracted when I reached into my washer to retrieve the debris left from the laundry. I should have known better. After all, I've found everything from razor blades to snake skins to little pieces of ca ca after the clothes have been removed from the machine. You won't believe what this kid put in the Maytag. Did you wash jeans? "Did you wash jeans? My Algebra assignments were in my pocket." Sure enough, crumpled up in the trash was a freshly laundered yellow sticky note, with penciled assignments too faded to read. So he pored through the Algebra II text, hoping for clues. No luck. This kid's day didn't improve, and neither did mine. When "I Think I Can" Still Can't If this boy's attention holds long enough, he is quite mathematically inclined. And he knows it. This mathematical ability gave our 8th grader the idea to register for Honors Geometry in high school. When he made his intentions known, his Algebra teacher and I weren't sure what to do. Read about our gut wrenching dilemma.
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