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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem with private testing is that if you are paying a doctor to find ADHD, they will. You are paying for the service of receiving a diagnosis. If you go with the county you are getting professionals who deal with a lot of kids and are reasonably objective about the outcome of the tests. I'd go through MCPS and put aside the money for your kid's first car. [/quote]

I would fear this as well. I don't know anyone who had this done and found out their child did not have ADHD.[/quote]

No private psychologist or medical doctor will diagnose a disability that doesn't exist.  They have their reputations and license at stake which is more than the MCPS school psychologist.

Private testing is expensive because of the amount of testing and documentation that is needed.  For my children - educational and neuropsyc testing took about 8 hours which occurred over 2 sessions so the child could perform at his best.  The psychologist interviewed myself and my child separately to try to determine the type of problems my child was having.  He also gave me teacher forms for two of my child's teachers to fill out and mail back to their office.  He reviewed my child's binder and assessments to gather information on the types of mistakes my child made as well as areas of strength.

MCPS spent 1 hour with my child and didn't go into the depth of an evaluation that the private psychologist did.  MCPS missed the disabilities that my child had but they didn't disagree with what the private psychologist identified.[/quote]

This is incorrect. MCPS psychologists are also licensed and also would be jeopardizing said license for identifying a disability if there isn't one. Also, I've seen reports from psychologists diagnosing a child with a language disorder on the basis of a single subtest. The comprehensive test wasn't even given!  Also, MCPS is tasked with identifying disabilities not disorders. Private practitioners identify any and all disorders.  Did you end up with an IEP or a 504?[/quote]

PP - Per the US Department of Education, ADHD falls under Other Health Impairment - a disability in which the student may qualified for either an IEP or be protected under Section 504.  If the MCPS School Psychologist fails to properly use the DSM-5 criteria she professes to be applying in her report, what licensing board do I file a complaint to?  The answer is No One.  An MCPS School Psychologist can be totally off base but there is no licensing agency to complain to.

Also, without identifying the disability, the IEP team would fail to consider if there is an educational impact because there is no disability.  Per the US Department of Education, if a child is identified as a child with ADHD, by the vary nature of the disability, the child is considered to be significantly impaired in thinking and concentration and would qualify for a Section 504 plan.  However, the identification is needed by a psychologist for the 504.   [/quote]

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