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[quote=Anonymous]That's a pretty big area.

Schools vary and it has been some years since I was a SN parent. However:

Decisions about what testing is to be done by the school are supposed to be made by the team, which includes you. Schools typically have specific tests they rely on, you can ask for additional evaluations assuming the school is qualified to perform them. But you also bring in assessments and reports from your own outside providers. You can ask the school to pay for an independent evaluation, the details of which would be figured out when you make the request. The independent evals I asked for were 1) pt-ot eval related to dysgraphia (unfortunately the person doing the eval had zero knowledge of tourette's, which was the underlying reason for writing problems); 2) learning disabilities eval; 3) neuropsych eval when I was not satisfied by the learning disabilities eval (among which was administered a Woodcock Johnson, which showed him as average but was in fact a marked decrease from the WJ 3 years previous). These requests were made over the period of a year and a half, not all at once. Later, without asking for the school to help, I had my son evaluated at a hospital-affiliated child development center that specialized in very comprehensive education eval of students with all kinds of disability. The neuropsych and the comprehensive eval provided a wealth of information.

But it all depends. I have heard of problems were the school refused to provide an independent eval and the parent's insurance refused to pay for an eval that was being conducted for educational purposes. It depends on the child's individual needs. It is also an evolving process. You may start with some basic assessments, write a plan based on them, and over time realize that more assessment is needed.  [/quote]

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