A comprehensive assessment should consist of an intellectual assessment and an educational assessment.

A visual perception disorder might impact on several aspects of processing visual information received by the brain.

I would need the child’s age to be specific. I would be more concerned about why this child is having this difficulty than what to call it.

You must clarify why your son is so discouraged that he appears to have given up.

Boys do mature later than girls. Some of your son’s problems might be because of his age.

The earliest clues of a possible learning disability might be noticed in preschool. Formal testing often is not done until first grade.

The formal criteria for diagnosing someone of any age with ADHD is in a diagnostic manual called the DSM-IV.

Every public school in the country is required to run a “Zero-to-Three” diagnostic program. Go to the principal of your neighborhood elementary school and ask how to be referred to this program.

Some professionals prefer to use terms that have been used for the past 50 years and that describe the primary problem.

Your descriptions sound like you have a learning disability that impacts reading comprehension and possibly reading retention.