Talking all day at school

I absolutely hate the ADHD diagnosis that is overly used anymore. BUT, in this case, it does sound that she can't controll herself, and she is a disruption to the class. Perhaps you should speak to the teacher or school counselor. Many schools have preliminary tests for ADD and ADHD and they are free through the school, and they can recommend to you if you should seek further testing for ADD/ADHD with a trained psychiatrist or psychologist. My son is ADD. He didn't have the hyperactivity side of it so it was harder to recognize, and he had a vison convergence problem as well. He had to get bi-focals in 2nd grade. That fixed the problem, but he had to basically relearn the alphabet, because in lower case letters, the convergence problem was much like dyslexia, but it wasn't a mix up in the brain, his eyes were fliping letters. He saw a lower case b as d and the opposite seeing d as b. His g and q were the same way. Needless to say, if he was reading a book that said "The ghost said boo" he saw it as "The qhost said doo".... so you can see how that caused confusion not only for him, but for those of us trying to help him as well. Once the vision problem was taken care of, his grades improved dramatically, but he still had problems focusing. We moved on to the testing. What I have found really interesting about ADD kids, they are actually VERY intelligent. His IQ tested at 135 for his age, which is just below genius. I was shocked, as I didn't understand how he could do so well on that but not in class. His grades did not reflect that and we were all confused. He just could not concentrate. We visited a psychologist, who referred us to a psychiatrist, and he was put on Strattera, and he is now able to focus on his work. ADD kids often go unnoticed, or just viewed as underachievers, but it's not their fault, they just can't stay focused. They don't get up and move around, they don't talk non-stop, they just go off into their imagination. I would say, ask your school about testing. At least you can find out if maybe there is a way to get across to her that talking in class is not permitted unless the teacher says so. Hope that helps.

My son is the same way! Some kids are just born talkers, I think. The ironic thing with my son is that he had a speech delay of 12 months and didn't speak for 2 years. Now, I can't get him to stop talking! Perhaps you need to set up some kind of incentive plan for your daughter. Work with her teacher to come up with a plan. Something like: for every 30 minutes she doesn't talk (instead of working) at school she gets a point. When she has a certain number of points saved up, give her a reward such as one-on-one time with you, a trip to the park, or something she really wants (but don't spend a lot of money!!!!) My son's classroom does this and it works well.

My son was just like that when he was in kindergarten and first grade. He almost failed because his grades suffered because of it. He got diagnosed as ADHD several months ago. He has changed dramatically since starting his current medication. I am not saying your daughter has ADHD, but you might want to address your concerns to a doctor to be sure.