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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP again. Not sure I'm following all this discussion on types of evaluations. My son has had an IEP since he was 3 years old and we've had regular educational evaluations as he's progressed to update his placements and IEP goals.

Would we already see the language-based LD issues? My son is doing well with letter sounds and has started with sight words, can sound out two and three letter combos, etc. He's also doing basic addition. Academically he's doing very well and that's never been an issue to this point. Is the idea that an issue will crop up in the future?[/quote]

It really varies.  For some kids it's quite obvious early on.  Other kids can compensate with a language based LDs for quite long if not life long.  Lots of successful people didn't get diagnosed with dyslexia for example until they were adults.  Your kid's more at risk, but doesn't me he will have these issues.

My kid had an IEP early on before starting elementary school.  I preferred to do outside testing because the schools didn't seem to unless there was a problem.   Since you're applying to a private and already have an IEP, you'll probably have to disclose this in the application.  Depending on the application you may or may not need to submit the testing.  However, if he doesn't get in or it doesn't go well, you'll need to be prepared on how best to help him.[/quote]

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