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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Get an evaluation, will be helpful![/quote]

Are you asked to disclose any dx from a pediatrician or that you took a neuropsych test or screen, when you apply to wash dc private schools?

Do you have to disclose this?

We have an on the cusp kid but a lot of environmental factors due to a disabled parent. yes he needs some help, we don’t know what, he is young age 10, but it might just be anxiety or something mild, not a Disorder. 
I’d hate to pay for a neuropsych and get told it’s nothing much or mild ADD or mild ASD and nothing much to try, just a few parenting things, PLUS have to report that on a middle or upper school application.

How is this handled?  This is not a situation where an IEP or 504 or whatever private schools do, is needed. [/quote]

Ethically, yes, they ask and you should disclose. 
Anxiety is a disorder. It can be a very severe disorder that affects many aspects of functioning.
Nobody is going to say your kid has ADD or ASD and therefore "nothing much to try." There is always stuff to try. Nobody will dismiss mild ADHD or ASD as trivial, because they aren't.
If your kid "needs some help," a 504 or possibly an IEP may well be needed.[/quote]
Will schools like GDS, Sidwell, and the Cathedral schools be okay giving time and a half on tests and quizzes if that’s the only accommodation necessary?[/quote]

It’s the law. So yes with a documented diagnoses. GDS, Sidwell and Cathedral Schools have a lot of homework. GDS(high school) during the admissions process proudly stated 4-5 hour a night. This is in addition to school and extracurricular activities. The kids with no learning difference become overwhelmed. If the kid has a learning difference that homework will take longer. Kid with anxiety may feel they can never get caught up. This type of workload in high school can turn many kids off and burn them out. It is totally unnecessary.

If you are looking at the lower school realize this is coming. [/quote]

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