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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Childfind [b]definitely does NOT over-diagnose.  If anything, I think they totally underdiagnose.[/b]  They found nothing for my kid (although the evaluators all told me off book that he plainly had issues) because he could pass all the little tests, even though he was bending over backwards (literally!) to do them.

I think the preschool teachers are probably the best situated person to observe a problem (because often problems only show up in a group, and not when you are one on one with you child) ...but if what the teacher is saying does not resonate in any way with your own experience or what other adults (relatives, coaches, previous teachers) have observed, then I would be very concerned that it is some dynamic in the classroom that is causing the problem.  
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Childfind doesn't actually "diagnose."  You are qualifying for services b/c the delays your child is having meet a certain threshold and has an "educational impact."

Early Intervention also doesn't diagnose.  You are qualifying for services by meeting a certain percentage of delays.

Either way, your kid can have delays not acknowledged by Childfind or EI.[/quote]

Maybe not subtle things, [b]but their findings typically point to larger issues[/b], if there are any.

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[b]Nope, they don't.[/b]  Their findings may point that your kid has a speech delay.  With ST, that may resolve.  (They may resolve on their own without ST but why take that chance.)  Or they persist even with ST and be connected to language based LDs down the road.

I've also known many kids (including my own) who have had significant delays and been rejected by EI and Childfind for services and received them after appealing and documenting delays from outside sources.  
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My child's 0-3 evaluation was at a Children's Hospital and took hours. When I look at the results from the  evaluation, done when he was about 23 months old, they are surprisingly accurate, even though my child is now a teen. They got a very good snapshot of what was going on. It wasn't a diagnosis per se, but they didn't miss anything. [/quote]

A evaluation through Children's isn't comparable to an evaluation through Childfind or EI.  One would hope it would be a lot more comprehensive.  I agree though, sometimes you don't get a diagnosis, but being thorough is extremely helpful, especially at a young age.[/quote]

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