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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^ sorry, my recommendation is Stixrud, in Silver Spring, MD. They're very good.

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What was the cost for a full assessment?[/quote]

5K. It was entirely worth it, since the report included a long page of suggested accommodations, all written in MCPS-speak. My son's school approved all the important ones, and they helped a lot.

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May I ask what kinds of accommodations? I have a college freshman who probably should be tested. Do colleges accept these recommendations as authoritative?[/quote]

Yes.

DS had two neuropsychs at Stixrud, one at 10 yo that identified his learning disabilities, low processing speed, anxiety and severe ADHD, and gave him school accommodations such as double time, use of a calculator, notes, repeated instructions, etc; and one at 17 that was specifically for college, and that was conducted under Adderall. It was to infirm or confirm autism. He was found to have autism. The severe ADHD had masked it in the previous evaluation. This diagnosis allowed him to get a single room with private bathroom in his freshman year, which was very important to him, because he is asocial and wouldn't have been able to sleep much with a roommate in the same room. He has double time in college for exams, as well as use of noise-canceling headphones. He was able to get the maximum allowed accommodations while he was studying abroad - which meant one third extra time (ha), because in the country he was in, this is the max.

Now he's a junior, and tries his best not to use his double time, because he knows full well workplaces will not find him productive. He's moved into a shared apartment, where each roommate has their own bedroom, but there are two to a bathroom, with a shared kitchen. So far this is working well, so he's making progress.
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