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[quote=Anonymous]FWIW, we found that school and neuropsych didn't have enough experience to diagnose MERLD.  Only the SLP did the testing at the finer level to get at the individual pieces of our DS's language disorder.

Also, IME, MCPS is terrible at dealing with SLP problems.  From their perspective, if a student is successful communicate verbally to others at the most basic level, then there's not an "adverse educational impact".  Our DS had an articulation disorder which MCPS explicitly refused to even consider addressing until age 8, and even then refused because they said he could make himself understood despite the lisp.

FWIW, for a struggling kid with a diagnosis of ADHD, dyslexia and a language disorder, I'd consider placement in a private SN school specifically geared toward language learning disabilities.  My child spent time at the Siena School.  It made a huge difference to have daily small group instruction tailored to dyslexics, dysgraphics and those with other language-based learning disabilities.  If not private school, invest what you can in private tutoring.  IME, public schools suck at dealing with dyslexia and its ripple effect thru the student's education.  [/quote]

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