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<blockquote data-quote="LittleDudesMom" data-source="post: 604972" data-attributes="member: 805"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'">I agree with InsaneCdn when she says, "trust your mommy gut".</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'">As others have said, school evaluations vary in their "quality" depending on the school or the district. We were very fortunate that our school did a fabulous COMPLETE evaluation on difficult child when he was 8. They even requested diagnostic paperwork from his psychiatrist and his therapist. It was the beginning of getting good quality supports for difficult child at school. Once his IEP was in place, things began to improve. You need to know in order to figure out a way to even the school playing field.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'">One more thing, I actually had his therapist attend his first IEP meeting - the meeting after all the testing when they revealed their findings, qualified him for service, and began to work on an IEP. She was able to help navigate the test results, give some suggestions, and lend her professional opinion to any mods/accoms, etc. The school looks very favorable on professionals. Unfortunately, my insurance didn't cover her "off-site" services and it wasn't cheap - but her office allowed me to pay a little every month till I paid it off -- it was TOTALLY worth it!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'">*Sharon</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'"></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LittleDudesMom, post: 604972, member: 805"] [SIZE=3][FONT=comic sans ms]I agree with InsaneCdn when she says, "trust your mommy gut".[/FONT] [FONT=comic sans ms]As others have said, school evaluations vary in their "quality" depending on the school or the district. We were very fortunate that our school did a fabulous COMPLETE evaluation on difficult child when he was 8. They even requested diagnostic paperwork from his psychiatrist and his therapist. It was the beginning of getting good quality supports for difficult child at school. Once his IEP was in place, things began to improve. You need to know in order to figure out a way to even the school playing field.[/FONT] [FONT=comic sans ms]One more thing, I actually had his therapist attend his first IEP meeting - the meeting after all the testing when they revealed their findings, qualified him for service, and began to work on an IEP. She was able to help navigate the test results, give some suggestions, and lend her professional opinion to any mods/accoms, etc. The school looks very favorable on professionals. Unfortunately, my insurance didn't cover her "off-site" services and it wasn't cheap - but her office allowed me to pay a little every month till I paid it off -- it was TOTALLY worth it! *Sharon [/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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