Thanks jym. You sound very well connected to this area, which I suspect is related to your profession in psychology.
Here is what I have taken away from all of you:
1. I am not overreating, this is serious. Though, can be treatable if corrected early.
2. Private evaluations are best - and seem warranted in this situation.
3. Evaluations should be done by someone with nothing to gain from the outcome - pediatric neuropsychologist / CHOP (Penn gets more money from me!
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4. not much point in me exploring methods of teaching until the diagnosis is done and a recommendation is made.
5. make sure the potential for a vision related problem is explored
6. If ADD/ADHD is discovered, parents are seeing good results with newer meds
Finally, as my former boss used to say : This isn't cheese or wine - It won't get better with time! Act now.