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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you can afford a private eval, you should get one OP. (Even if it hurts the feelings of the school psychologist who is posting here.) The school’s testing might be spot on but you’ll likely learn a lot more from the private testing, and they will have recommendations for you. Hopefully you will leave that feeling empowered rather than scared. [/quote]

OP, you are entitled by law to an Independent Educational Evaluation, which is an evaluation paid for by the state but with a private evaluator that YOU select.

Write an email to your IEP case manager and tell them, politely, that you appreciate their hard work but given the seriousness if the diagnosis, you are not sure you agree and would like to get an IEE. Ask them to provide instructions about that process. [/quote]

This is not correct. You are only entitled to an IEE if the school system's eval was not appropriate (e.g. incorrectly or incompletely done). You can request an IEE and the school system then has to defend that their evaluation was appropriate. If the judge finds that it was, no entitlement to an IEE. "I didn't like the results" does not mean that it was inappropriate. It is not some automatic thing that you just file for and they give you thousands of dollars towards another eval. Not at all. [/quote]

Most schools will just grant the IEE because the parents who request IEEs are typically in denial, angry, bitter, with no trust or respect for school professionals and are the type to escalate. The school just hopes they’ll be civilized and not verbally abuse staff. They demand public school assessments. Then they complain about the assessment and results. Then they request tax payor funds for another assessment (it’s their right!). Then they want public school services. Then they complain about the services and staff. It’s just lovely. [/quote]

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