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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is not difficult to get extended time accomodations for wealthy kids in the private schools - 1. Get a psychologist to certify your kid  - as you can see from the Singer case this is quite easy. 2. Get private school to set up plan - this is easily done in private schools if a big donor 3. College Board and ACT will automatically approve  vast majority of students who receive school-based testing accommodations

So for those who say they have to jump through hoops, yes you do IF you do not have connections and/or money to get a doctor to write a diagnosis for your kid. Once diagnosis is obtained, the private is more than willing to bend over backwards for your kid especially if you are a big donor.  Then school present to College Board/ACT the school accomodations your kid gets and voila, extended time for the SAT/ACT.[/quote]

I would like a neuropsychologist to chime in here-- is your profession so corrupt that any one of you will "certify a kid" for money? [/quote]

Neuropsychologists won't give a diagnosis easily. But psyched assessments are less thorough (done by a psychologist, not a ph.d. neuropsychologist).[/quote]

pp here-- I see, thanks for clarifying. We had a neuropsychologist test DS. We thought we knew what was going on given his behavior and teacher reports. Nope. Scores too high. He did receive an ADHD diagnosis and an LD diagnosis, but it involved surveys, IQ tests, achievement tests, a full language screening, and ten other tests, until eventually they hooked him up with some wires to his head and tested his response/impulses on a computer. Then they told *me* what was going on in a 20 page report. It felt like a diagnosis and we still only get a 504 plan. [/quote]

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