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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We live in DC. 8 year old will be in 3rd grade next year and recently diagnosed with Mixed expressive receptive language disorder but had iep for speech apraxia starting at 4 years old. This disorder is now also impacting his ability to connect with others his age, focus in classroom, etc. he is currently in DcPs with terrible speech support as Group setting is challenging for him and never consistent. Any recommendations on a school that might still take him for next year with small class sizes for mainly language disorder children? He is very athletic.  [/quote]

Get your money back for your MERLD evaluation at age 8.  You need a differential diagnosis.  Is your kid autistic, dyslexic, what?  Stop wasting your time and his life.  You obviously haven't gone past a speech therapist or you don't know what a shoddy neuropsych evaluation looks like.  Time to know what's what.[/quote]

Can you share what a shoddy neuropsych looks like and what a good one looks like.

THANKS[/quote]

A good one is tailored and thorough. It includes all tests that could possibly be relevant to the child (academic, emotional, attention, social) with enough breaks that the child can do his best work. The report comments not only on the child's scores, but how the child approached the tasks, with thoughts about why the child did how they did (ie, lost points for working slowly or answered impulsively). The report draws conclusions from how the child interacted, even when not doing the formal.testing. Recommendations are tailored to the child, not boilerplate for condition X. The report explains how the child meets the criteria for the given diagnosis, and why the child does not meet the criteria for other diagnoses, if considered.[/quote]

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