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[quote=Anonymous]Yes, get an evaluation.  I would start with the pediatrician and also with the school counselor.  You can ask the school counselor an evaluation and it will start a time line for getting it done.

My personal experience has been this.  Our MCPS MS falls all over itself to provide assistance and make your kid successful.  But, my ES and HS experience are not the same.  I found it really helpful to have medical back up to support what I was requesting for my son.  In fact, my son, who struggles just to get a D, would not have services if I had not had outside evaluations.  That being said, the outside evaluations do not have to be full blown neuropsych evaluations - which is not to say that this isn't a good idea, just that you don't have to wait for this to get the ball rolling on getting services and accommodations that your child would benefit from in school.

One last thing - and this is for your husband.  It's easier to get things into place in ES and MS than in HS.  I (and everyone I know) feel like HS expects so much and offers so little to help kids be successful.  I spend far more time making things work in HS and before HS, I never had to call to be sure the IEP was being followed.  Now, it's at least a quarterly event.  [/quote]

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