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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm OP and I do admit that I generally resist my son being tested and labeled if it's not necessary. I realize this is a controversial thing to say but I don't mean it as fighting words, and I certainly wouldn't mean to say that other people's diagnoses are wrong. But I am imagining a world in which 2 years ago we started working with a physician or therapist or trying to get an IEP or medications, and then spent 2 years trying to fix something about my child that apparently was either never a problem or was a problem that would ultimately fix itself. I'm certain that would have caused significant stress and worry in the house for the parents and the son. I'm trying to get a good sense of what I would do in the future if this kind of thing came up again. [/quote]

With private testing, the label doesn't have to be flagged in school unless you want it to be there.  The point of testing doesn't have to be a label, but identifying strengths & weaknesses & options for coping, skill building, & managing.  The way I look at it is there is no way to discern if your child will outgrow it until s/he doesn't.  Early intervention with supports can only help, not hurt.  It can give you tools to meet those needs while your child is growing, and can give you a benchmark to figure out what your child needs to work on, and when it crosses the line into a treatable problem.  It is generally shown that children who obtain early intervention supports are less likely to be behind & less likely to need medications later.  It can help you identify supports or pick an educational program or identify activities that would most benefit your child.  Ignoring means thinking that if you identify a weakness, there is something wrong with your child.  That doesn't have to be the case.  Ignoring a problem doesn't mean it isn't there, it just means that you are attaching shame to it and allowing it to fester.  Shine a light on it - maybe it isn't anything big.  Maybe just knowing your child learns better through auditory processing means you will help your child read aloud or get recorded materials or teach a different set of study techniques.  Maybe learning your child has poor executive function skills means signing up for a class that teaches a system for coping.  And if testing reveals your child just needs to move more, well, then you will get your child moving more.[/quote]

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