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[quote=Anonymous]I think experiences vary, but I can share my FCPS evaluation story.  For the evaluation, my child was pulled out 5 times (2 by evaluator, 3 by another) for maybe 20-30 minutes each time over the course of 1-2 months.  They did psych evals, academic evals, auditory test, in-class assessment...  They also did an evaluation with me where I talked about my child's history, family, etc.  And I had to fill in a 200-ish question test about how my child acts, reacts, etc.  I think that the reason they do a pysch eval in addition to simply academic testing is to diagnose a potential learning disability, which is signaled by strong intellectual (not academic....think IQ test) performance in a number of areas, but significant differences in others.  In order to qualify for services for a learning disability, they need to say that not only is the child behind in academics, but that it is not related to certain factors and does seem to be a result for of other factors (as determined by the psych eval...like visual processing disorder, etc.).

From what I've seen, experiences vary across schools, so this might not be exactly what you'd experience, but the form to qualify is consistent, which requires both academic triggers plus psych triggers.

Just as a reference, the psych eval isn't the kid laying on the counselor's couch and recalling childhood events (that's what I pictured first!!!) -- it's things like seeing a picture of a frog and having to pick from one of three pictures which one starts with the same letter: Fish, Log, Ball....

Hope that helps![/quote]

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