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Originally Posted by shy_bear
Other kids don't like to play with her. She is extremely loud and talks non stop. We debated about not putting her in kindergarten this year b/c I did not feel she was ready. Her prek teacher thought she was. She is VERY smart but does not sit still long enough to follow through with anything. She still at 5 will not even sit through a meal; she is antsy all the time.
Her birthfather has undiagnosed learning disablities and we are not sure with birthmom; she dropped out after the 8th grade.
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I know I will probably get blasted for this if I say it again. But you just described the typical child of 5 who has ADHD. Too loud, too rambunctious, too pushy, too antsy, can't sit still, hates organized activities because it forces them to follow along with the group, smart but can't follow a task through to completion. If you look up the symptoms, that would pretty much cover all of them. She probably has an exceptionally high-level vocabulary too.
PM me if you like. My own son, adopted at 10 months of age, has both ADHD (Inattentive subtype) and Learning Disabilities. He's also highly gifted. I've been down this road. At your daughter's age, he was also highly negative about himself, which is common in ADHD kids.
The good news is that at almost 16, he is now one of the most popular kids in his school with both students AND the faculty. BUt he attends a very small school for students with LDs, and it took us a lot of bumpy rides to get him settled where he is now.
Good luck!
Robin