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[quote=Anonymous]I am not sure when and how best (or if) to go about getting testing for my DD to see if there are any underlying causes for her poor performance.

Background on DD:
DD is 7 and just completed 1st grade.  Her NNAT was ~10th percentile and her iready scores have been ~15th percentile.  In math we think she is closer to average than her scores show.  However, in reading she is behind despite a full year of pull outs, reading every night, etc.  We have not been able to get a clear sense on her abilities relative to her peers in reading (reading specialist and teacher say two different things both below average just how far below in question)  
 She does have extremely very high anxiety around all Drs and Dentist appointments.  To the point where getting any diagnosis or opinion from them is impossible.  Although, our dentist did ask if she was nerotypical.  She also demonstrates some rigidity about the way things are done or how people should play and pretend.  She very rarely is able to entertain herself, even as a toddler.  Aside from the above she seems to be very nerotypical to me but obviously the school performance is concerning.

My question is do I wait a little longer to see if she catches up before pursuing testing?  (We did try to go through the schools but because she isnt a disruption in class and letter confusion is still normal they won't pursue testing).  If we should pursue testing any advice on how to figure out if any will be covered by insurance or Drs recommendation who still work with insurances (everything I've found implies they dont work with insurance and its all OOP).  Thanks in advance  [/quote]

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