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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have one kid who it's now clear has some learning challenges but they are mild enough that he muddled through ES as an average student.  In retrospect, I would have had him tested earlier (I finally did it after 7th grade).  Public schools are not going to tell you your kid has a problem (in fact my kids' fourth grade teacher said "DS does not have a learning difference" when I suggested there could be an underlying issue causing him not to work as independently as was expected)  She was wrong.  Trust your instinct, if you think something is just a little off. . . it probably is.  The information you can learn from a full evaluation can be helpful.[/quote]

This.  Teachers are poorly trained or many can't put in the effort to identify learning challenges.

Looking back, DD struggled greatly with executive functioning.  I remember conferences in 4th and 5th grade and me talking about her struggles and given the shrugged shoulders from her teachers as she got good grades. She was tested in 6th grade (low quality report) and 8th grade when she was spending 4-6 hours on homework every night. [/quote]

We aren’t diagnosticians or doctors and we can get in serious legal jeopardy including losing our license if we attempt to tell a parent their kid has XYZ learning disability or medical issue and should treat. Please don’t call us poorly trained for following the boundaries of our job and the law. We often know when kids have something going in but we can’t just tell the parent “your kid has ADHD, medicate him.” [/quote]

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