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My experienxe with the younger ones does not show much difference between the diagnosed ones and those that don't have an official diagnosis. To me the only thing I see is that those that have been diagnosed have an official lebel, get away with so many things and may be able to get some help like medication and a TSS because their parents have been open to counselling or something like that. The other group usually gets my attention more because I feel they are less privileged and they do not get all "goodies" the identified group gets:) As per behavior etc, they may not differ!!!

What usually works for both groups is to identify their strengths and work from there. For example I have a student who is very creative and artistic but is seriously deficient in attention. I encourage him to work on the bulletin boards most times, putting everybody's work up in creative ways. You cannot even imagine what this 4th grader comes up with.

For the bigger kids I believe you'll probably be experiencing same thing but with bigger bodies. My husband, {Tunde} teaches in a high school so I know from what he tells me that it is same problems but in different bodies.