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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The negative attitudes on this board are a result of negative, poor, inappropriate treatment by the schools. So you may not like to hear it , but it is a reality in a lot of different school systems. [/quote]

NP. But that is not a guarantee that by obtaining a private assessment, the score of the school psychologist will be obviated. I have seen it happen on an IEP team where the family refused to believe the IQ score and accused the school psych of incompetence, went and got a private assessment, and the IQ score from that one was even lower. It created quite an awkward situation unnecessarily. There is every right to obtain a second opinion and I would do so myself, but maligning the school personnel and calling their competence into question should be left out of it and the possibility that the results are accurate should not be reflexively dismissed. [/quote]

And I’ve seen numerous instances of the school saying it’s just a low iq - often done with a school “psychologist” who isn’t anywhere near qualified - and then on private testing with an actual neuropsychologist, learning disabilities are discovered. [/quote]

Alternatively, the “actual neuropsychologist” isn’t an expert on learning disabilities and is just slapping on a diagnosis to make the parent feel like their  money was well spent.
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This I don’t understand. As parents this is what we have experienced,  public school systems used balanced literacy materials for reading instruction for decades, specifically the school system my child attended in Maryland. So having a child that needed what we will call phonics, structured literacy, OG, whatever name the “ experts” call it. I think it’s been established that reading instruction was poor for years, identification of kids with needs ( dyslexia) is and has been poor for decades, but you want us to believe you are the experts. It just doesn’t make sense. How can you possibly be the experts if the instruction was so poor for that long?
  Not to mention I’m not aware of a school system around that provides targeted instruction for dysgraphia or especially dyscalculia. So I’m not seeing the expert understanding of learning differences in practice. My child’s school system didn’t have an ounce of understanding about dyscalculia, and that absolutely included the special education/ resource teachers.  Our neuropsychologist explained everything about my child to me and she was 100 percent spot on at an early age. She is and always has been the most well qualified individual I have meet regarding my child’s learning differences. The school doesn’t come close. I wish the school system had the experts but I just don’t see it at all. [/quote]

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