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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 58945" data-attributes="member: 701"><p>neuropsychologist evaluation costs vary widely depending on the number of hours of testing as well as the the area of the country that you live in. Very often you can get insurance coverage if your pediatrician does the referring. If there is no qualified professional within the systems, many will cover an out of system professional with that referral. </p><p></p><p>Write a letter to the district requesting a full and complete evaluation. They don't need much info in that letter but you can mention probable problems in the areas of sensory processing, gross motor skills, and difficulty in following instructions. That should be enough to get scheduled for an initial appointment. Send a copy via certified mail to the director of special education of your district. Certified mail is important as it will give you a date of their receipt.</p><p></p><p>Has he been in preschool and if so, how did he do in that setting?</p><p></p><p>For what it's worth, I thought my difficult child knew exactly what was expected of him and was choosing not to follow instructions out of stubborness and when we got to the other end of the evaluations it turned out he had a slew of auditory and language processing problems that he was compensating for as best as he could.</p><p></p><p>Hang in there. We know how hard it is, and even harder with you doing this on your own. If you haven't already done so, please pick up a copy of Ross Greene's book "The Explosive Child" and check out the thread on it at the top of this board.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 58945, member: 701"] neuropsychologist evaluation costs vary widely depending on the number of hours of testing as well as the the area of the country that you live in. Very often you can get insurance coverage if your pediatrician does the referring. If there is no qualified professional within the systems, many will cover an out of system professional with that referral. Write a letter to the district requesting a full and complete evaluation. They don't need much info in that letter but you can mention probable problems in the areas of sensory processing, gross motor skills, and difficulty in following instructions. That should be enough to get scheduled for an initial appointment. Send a copy via certified mail to the director of special education of your district. Certified mail is important as it will give you a date of their receipt. Has he been in preschool and if so, how did he do in that setting? For what it's worth, I thought my difficult child knew exactly what was expected of him and was choosing not to follow instructions out of stubborness and when we got to the other end of the evaluations it turned out he had a slew of auditory and language processing problems that he was compensating for as best as he could. Hang in there. We know how hard it is, and even harder with you doing this on your own. If you haven't already done so, please pick up a copy of Ross Greene's book "The Explosive Child" and check out the thread on it at the top of this board. [/QUOTE]
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