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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Psychologists have a vested interest in finding a learning disability  after a parent has paid thousands of dollars. Almost everyone who has had 10 plus hours of testing will come up with a pattern of strengths and weakness. Test enough and some subtest(s) will be low.  Creative, crafty psychologists can write up a report in a way that the recommendation is often extra time. No parent wants to hear that their kid is a B/C student who is working up to their ability or is not willing to put in the hours required to get an A in an AP class.  Studies have shown that many kids run out of time on the SAT and do better when given extra time. I am not talking about a kid who scores 500 in Math. Extra time won't probably help much. I am talking about going from a 650 in Math to a 750, which makes a big difference in college admissions. 
I hated working as a school psychologist in an affluent area because I received so many requests from parents to assess their B student who was in honors/AP classes. The parents got outside testing and students who didn't have any history of struggling or having attention problems in elementary or middle school ended up with accommodations and a diagnosis of ADHD and/or LD. [/quote]

Very interesting![/quote]

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