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<blockquote data-quote="buddy" data-source="post: 569884" data-attributes="member: 12886"><p>Yes the consent form is the one to use for testing deadline. Now, warning here.....the neuropsychologist is the best and you should get best info there but 1) things do evolve over time and 2) ...the biggie .... his medical diagnosis does not mean the school will for sure provide services. By law they must do their own evaluation. They can be fined big time if they don't follow procedure and show that he meets state/federal criteria. They ARE obligated to consider the private results and indeed if a good system will be glad to use the scores obtained. They will likely do some of their own and very similar tests/questionnaires. The disability has to impact education (obvious in your case since its threatening to have him out and he has missed so much!). And schools do not diagnose anything-they apply educational labels/categories - so what the neuropsychologist diagnosis. is may fall under a different educational category. For example adhd falls under "other health impairment", bipolar falls under emotional and behavioral disorders (the school titles vary across states a little but represent the same federal categories). </p><p></p><p>I just didn't want you to think they would just take the result and run.....they may use fully the tests he uses and his diagnosis (they should, far less work!, and they can document his scores etc ) but as I said they have to show how he meets federal and state guidelines for school services too. </p><p>You will have more power with this private evaluation. It should also guide them in their evaluation process. Pretty hard for them to argue nothing's wrong if a neuropsychologist has said differently.</p><p></p><p>One other thing. Don't sign a release of info for the neuropsychologist to give info to the school until after he/she is done and you know what the report says. If by chance you get one of the few duds who writes something you know is wrong then you do not have to release the results. That happened to me once and my son was already in services etc. But the report was awful. Looked like they got two kids mixed up! Dates were wrong etc. Just use caution. You should sign for the neuropsychologist to get info from school though!</p><p></p><p>Congrats! You did great. A true warrior mom</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buddy, post: 569884, member: 12886"] Yes the consent form is the one to use for testing deadline. Now, warning here.....the neuropsychologist is the best and you should get best info there but 1) things do evolve over time and 2) ...the biggie .... his medical diagnosis does not mean the school will for sure provide services. By law they must do their own evaluation. They can be fined big time if they don't follow procedure and show that he meets state/federal criteria. They ARE obligated to consider the private results and indeed if a good system will be glad to use the scores obtained. They will likely do some of their own and very similar tests/questionnaires. The disability has to impact education (obvious in your case since its threatening to have him out and he has missed so much!). And schools do not diagnose anything-they apply educational labels/categories - so what the neuropsychologist diagnosis. is may fall under a different educational category. For example adhd falls under "other health impairment", bipolar falls under emotional and behavioral disorders (the school titles vary across states a little but represent the same federal categories). I just didn't want you to think they would just take the result and run.....they may use fully the tests he uses and his diagnosis (they should, far less work!, and they can document his scores etc ) but as I said they have to show how he meets federal and state guidelines for school services too. You will have more power with this private evaluation. It should also guide them in their evaluation process. Pretty hard for them to argue nothing's wrong if a neuropsychologist has said differently. One other thing. Don't sign a release of info for the neuropsychologist to give info to the school until after he/she is done and you know what the report says. If by chance you get one of the few duds who writes something you know is wrong then you do not have to release the results. That happened to me once and my son was already in services etc. But the report was awful. Looked like they got two kids mixed up! Dates were wrong etc. Just use caution. You should sign for the neuropsychologist to get info from school though! Congrats! You did great. A true warrior mom [/QUOTE]
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