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1. Moving is not the answer.

2. Please separate the emotional baggage from the content of the teacher's message. Perhaps it's true that your son has behavioral challenges. At this point it does not serve your son to wreak revenge on the teacher but to evaluate whether her observations are correct and need to be addressed.

A child's behavior in an unknown doctor's office will be far different from his behavior in a crowded, over-stimulating classroom. Perhaps both observations were true within their context!

3. What did the doctor recommend? What was this psych test? There are many distinct and painstaking evaluations for different profiles such as ADHD, Asperger's, dyslexia, global developmental delays, specific delays, etc. There are also separate IQ tests such as the WPPSI (for his age group). Can he sit still for a few minutes do work on his own? Is he highly energetic and impulsive? I recommend you explore at least the ADHD possibility, given that he exhibits some behavioral and functional disregulation. There is also the full neuropsych eval but that will cost you at least 3K.

The secret to dealing with schools is that the parent pays for a private evaluation, and if there is a formal diagnosis, he/she calls an IEP meeting to get an IEP, a formal document that legally guarantees services and accommodations from the school. You cannot rely on the goodwill of overworked case managers in public schools to reliably evaluate a child, given it will add to their workload of they find a diagnosis. The system is thus unfair to low-income families.

Good luck moving forward, OP. Focus on your child's progress, not the teacher. There are still some years for you to act, although obviously the sooner the better. Written reports from specialists can take months, FYI.

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