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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Again, pp, I told the op not to expect a diagnosis of MERLD.  Of course a child can have expressive and receptive delays or a disorder.  It may have a MERLD ICD code for billing, but a psychologist isn't going to give a diagnosis of MERLD since it hasn't been in the DSM for 5 years.

She's asking for BTDT experience, and you would know this if your kid had an educational evaluation and not just your  SLP.[/quote]

At this point child is really young so an educational evaluation should be included but very limited.  My child has been evaluated by a variety of providers, not just our SLP but our SLP was the most detailed and accurate.[/quote]

The kid is 4.5 now and will be older by the time he gets an evaluation.  It won't be limited at all.  Since you've never done one you wouldn't know that.[/quote]

How would you know if we have done evaluations or not?  My child doesn't have any academic issues, grades are very good.  Child was tested early on and no concerns.  Early reader so it was easy to tell.[/quote]

Have you done a neuropsch then?

Based on what you write and the vagueness of what you say, you sound like you've never done this.  Differential evaluations aren't just for academic issues.  They sometimes show them, but when a kid's had persistent delays throughout preschool, they're a good idea.  It's a good baseline if issues crop later.[/quote]

No, the developmental ped said no when I contacted at the age appropriate time he said to get one.  We had many baselines.  Why do you push unnecessary evaluations if child is doing well over all?  What would they be looking for?  We know the strengths and areas needed to work on.  Child is testing on target or ahead.  Child's test scores this year already show he has passed all the necessary things to pass the current grade level.  If something crops up later we will deal with it.  At some point as our developmental ped told us was you have to let go of services and supports and give the child the opportunity to succeed.  If they aren't, you reevaluate and restart services.  We kept our child in services a year longer than recommended to be on the safe side.  Now its time to shut them down and see what happens.  Some kids benefit from early on supports and can thrive.  I'm not worried about the what if's in the future but the here and  now.

OP is asking do some kids do ok... the answer is yes, they do and some thrive.  Many still need supports and help, but not all do.  We'll see what ours needs in the future but right now the future looks good.[/quote]

Are you the one who was prattling on about the ears?  I'm not recommended anything for your child and your weird paranoia about educational testing is apparent b/c you were obviously trying to avoid the autism school label for your kid.  You haven't BTDT.

Op, my kid is not on the spectrum, but did have chronic fluid, and does have language based LDs.  I don't know what your evaluation will tell you about your kid, but with preschool delays plus the fluid, getting one for your kid makes sense.  Read the NIH article, talk to your kid's current teacher, pediatrician, SLP etc and ask them.  Based on the evaluation done previously, you need more and more up to date information on your kid.  [/quote]

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