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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here:  One more piece of info, if that's helpful.  He's way ahead in reading -- and on or above grade level in math.  So it hasn't affected his ability to learn in those areas.  But has affected his classroom behavior generally.[/quote]

This is why you will have better luck going with a private neuropsych evaluation. The school may argue that any issues are not affecting his ability to access the curriculum. It's clearly affecting him in many ways, but you will want a more complete picture (social, emotional, educational, etc.) Sometimes it's more cut and dry with the school evaluations when they are falling behind academically.[/quote]

Disagree. [b] Aggression toward peers affects his ability to access the curriculum[/b].

Also, forgot to mention in PP...

Dr. Shapiro offers parenting classes in MD and DC and Dr. Hackney offers parenting classes in VA. [/quote]

I agree also, but I think that PP was just making a statement of reality as to what the school may say.  My school definitely took the position that because his reading and math skills were way above the grade standard, they did not have to do any evaluation.  Even when he essentially failed a bunch of the stupid standards for the year, they still said tehre was no affect on his ability to access the curriculum because his "average" across areas was a passing grade.  (I was like "Ummmm...they why do you have all these things on the report card, if they are not reflective of the curriculum and you don't really have an expectation that children will get a passing grade in them?"  They just stared at me.)  We're in MCPS, though--DCPS might be better on these things.  [/quote]

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