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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does the practice do IEEs?[/quote]

They did ours but FCPS worked very hard to discourage us from using them - bullying, in fact.  Our younger DS has a complex profile (our older DS does not, run-of-the-mill ADHD/anxiety/LDs who really doesn't need neuropsychological testing) and requires neuropsych testing, not just the regular psycho-educational testing FCPS does out of the box.  We spent several years trying to get appropriate services for DS and 3 years ago reached an impasse.  I invoked our right to an IEE, FCPS sent me a list of 'pre-approved' testers.  I called 80% of those on the list.  None of those who were still in practice would do the tests within the 'cap' set by FCPS.  None of them could do neuropsych testing. I booked Stixrud, told FCPS they were interfering with my right to an IEE by trying to impose restrictions that would prevent me from pursing an evaluation that was reasonable and customary.  I ran the risk of them taking me through due process to avoid paying but given our situation, I thought that highly unlikely.

We saw Dr. Fredricksen and were very happy with the report.  Some of the standardized testing is done by others in the office but I appreciated they had a very wide range of tests/subtests they could administer and were not intimidated by FCPS.  [/quote]

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