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[quote=Anonymous]Before I post my question, thanks to all the parents here who helped me raise two SN kids.  I've learned a lot from this forum and have tried to return to return the favor and share what our family has learned.  DD is now 20, a 2e child, but had an IEP along the way and finished out high school in a special needs school.  She was tested many times, the most recent (the $3K type) junior or senior year of high school and that testing (ADHD/Anxiety/exec. functioning problems)has been sufficient to give her extra time (much needed) on the ACT and then later in College.  The standard is to repeat the testing every three years.  So far the college hasn't asked for it to be redone.  DD is doing GREAT in college and is managing her time well but it's become obvious that she has anxiety issues, exec. functioning issues and definitely a short-term memory problem.  DD is a junior and has the drive and skills to make it through a masters' degree or law school and wants that (we've made the right parental noises about the lousy job market for law school graduates but DD is driven).  So the question is when to retest and should it be a new tester?  The standard expectation now is to take two years gap between graduation from college and law school.  The LSAT requires a lot of prep. You can get extra time on it by doing the same submissions as DD's SN school did for the ACT but I don't know anyone who has done it.  Has anyone here had a SN/2e child go through the LSAT and can you advise when DD should be retested?  What was your experience when submitting the testing for the LSAT?  Do I need a SN counselor?  Money is an issue since we have three in college but if we have to do the $3K testing now, we have to do it.  If the College doesn't ask for it, should we put it off the testing until well-before DD applies to take the LSAT?  DD is not medicated (I've read that if student is medicated the LSAT board assumes the problem has been corrected so no additional time will be given).  Please no snark - it's been hard enough to get to this stage :D [/quote]

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