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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 459054" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>I agree with the independent-evaluation approach - maybe for different reasons. But it could be "all of the above".. </p><p>We found? School evaluations are limited to what THEY are prepared to go looking for.</p><p></p><p>SO... if the school proposes testing for LDs... then I'd jump at it. Because... they do (generally) know LDs pretty good, and if they are prepared to test for those, then they are making a de-facto statement that they expect to find something. </p><p>But even with an Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation? they aren't going to test for the things YOU are looking for, generally.</p><p>We did our own first - and then the school added a 'review' by the school Occupational Therapist (OT) for additional school-specific recommendations... we saved them $$ by doing a detailed evaluation, but what we got back was cooperation - although THAT isn't guaranteed either!</p><p></p><p>If you can get some form of advocate who knows your specific school or school board WELL, they can tell you which evaluations are good to get from school and which to push for independently.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 459054, member: 11791"] I agree with the independent-evaluation approach - maybe for different reasons. But it could be "all of the above".. We found? School evaluations are limited to what THEY are prepared to go looking for. SO... if the school proposes testing for LDs... then I'd jump at it. Because... they do (generally) know LDs pretty good, and if they are prepared to test for those, then they are making a de-facto statement that they expect to find something. But even with an Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation? they aren't going to test for the things YOU are looking for, generally. We did our own first - and then the school added a 'review' by the school Occupational Therapist (OT) for additional school-specific recommendations... we saved them $$ by doing a detailed evaluation, but what we got back was cooperation - although THAT isn't guaranteed either! If you can get some form of advocate who knows your specific school or school board WELL, they can tell you which evaluations are good to get from school and which to push for independently. [/QUOTE]
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