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<blockquote data-quote="Rannveig" data-source="post: 666871" data-attributes="member: 5689"><p>The psychologist only mentioned a 504 for some reason. We don't have her written report yet (only got the oral feedback), so I'm not sure if there was a reason for that, but I'll keep your point in mind as we go forward.</p><p></p><p>And yes, for years I was asking the teachers if Odin might have ADD, but they always said no, and now I'm regretting listening to them and not getting him evaluated earlier. The reason they gave was that he couldn't do as well as he did on standardized academic tests if he had an attention problem...and then they went back to complaining about how he didn't bring what he was supposed to to class, didn't complete his homework, didn't finish in-class assignments, and just generally didn't perform up to expectations.</p><p></p><p>I don't think there's any discrepancy between how Odin does in the classroom and how he does one-on-one, although the testing did show that he has more difficulty with verbal instructions than with written instructions. I know that I myself have trouble understanding speech when there's background noise; is this something that's genetic? How did you get your kid's Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) diagnosed? And did the specialized interventions prove helpful?</p><p></p><p>I'm getting the grim impression from my initial reading that schools are quite resistant to offering accommodations. Will it help that I can present a complete neuropsychological exam report from a licensed psychologist, or will they insist on starting from scratch with their own study?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rannveig, post: 666871, member: 5689"] The psychologist only mentioned a 504 for some reason. We don't have her written report yet (only got the oral feedback), so I'm not sure if there was a reason for that, but I'll keep your point in mind as we go forward. And yes, for years I was asking the teachers if Odin might have ADD, but they always said no, and now I'm regretting listening to them and not getting him evaluated earlier. The reason they gave was that he couldn't do as well as he did on standardized academic tests if he had an attention problem...and then they went back to complaining about how he didn't bring what he was supposed to to class, didn't complete his homework, didn't finish in-class assignments, and just generally didn't perform up to expectations. I don't think there's any discrepancy between how Odin does in the classroom and how he does one-on-one, although the testing did show that he has more difficulty with verbal instructions than with written instructions. I know that I myself have trouble understanding speech when there's background noise; is this something that's genetic? How did you get your kid's Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) diagnosed? And did the specialized interventions prove helpful? I'm getting the grim impression from my initial reading that schools are quite resistant to offering accommodations. Will it help that I can present a complete neuropsychological exam report from a licensed psychologist, or will they insist on starting from scratch with their own study? [/QUOTE]
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