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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We did the neuropsych at Stixrud and Dr Henderson told us what accommodations our kid needed and should receive. She had a special page included in her report, written in MCPS-speak, detailing her recommendations for accommodations and services. It was great. I thought all psychologists did this until DCUM set me straight.

DS has ADHD, ASD, low processing speed and dysgraphia/dyscalculia, and had an IEP for much of his time in MCPS. He was medicated for the ADHD all throughout middle and high school. He had a resource class instead of an elective from 6-10th grade. That's where the resource teacher taught him to organize his work, and when he was able to finish tests and do a little homework. He had preferential seating in class (facing the teacher, away from doors and windows); use of a calculator and keyboard for his dyscalculia and dysgraphia; 50% extra time then 100% extra time, for everything. The College Board and the ACT also approved his 100% extended time accommodation - the school did all the paperwork.

Also, our kid received supplemental instruction throughout K-12: first with me in elementary and early middle school, and then we hired tutors for writing in middle school, then for writing/math support and test prep in high school. We picked really good one-on-one tutors from Prep Matters that cost the earth... but it was part of our "public school + tutoring and extras" budget that we had set, which was still much cheaper than any private school could have been (and tutoring would still have been necessary in private anyway!).

DS even has double time in college. Now he's a junior, he's trying to finish everything with minimal use of his accommodation, because he knows workplaces won't be so tolerant. But in high school, he really badly needed the extra time: the school day was too fatiguing, and he just couldn't function at a normal speed.

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I grew up with the Stixrud family and Bill is one of the best at what he does.  Always has been[/quote]

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