IEP in DCPS

[Anonymous]

OP, will your insurance cover a visit with a developmental pediatrician? We emailed our concerns to our DD's Kaiser pediatrician, and within three days, our child was seen by a developmental pediatrician. He was able to perform a preliminary screening and authored a report that, I feel, got the ball rolling quickly. After we initiated the IEP process with our DCPS, the school psychologist was the one who implemented the evaluation. Luckily, he's competent and committed. Our DD was easily approved for an IEP. An independent evaluation would have been a financial burden for our family.

My criticism of the process is that the school was silent about her struggles during the first half of the school year, even though we had been reaching out to the teacher. We noticed issues at home and via her report cards/assessments. Without our pushing the issue, the school would have initiated interventions, and it would have been and wait-and-see scenario.