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My 9 year old son has the triple threat of ADHD, anxiety, and LD – the best thing that we ever did (other than putting him on meds) was to pay for his phych-ed assessment ourselves. The school couldn’t even put him on a waiting list until he was a full 2 years behind and we were busily doing our best to keep him from falling that far behind.
It’s the problem of identifying a bright child who’s far below his potential as opposed to an average child (if there is such a thing!) who is only slightly below. It was the phychiatrist and psychologist that we were seeing that urged us to go ahead and have the assessment done – they really knew how the system worked. I’m not saying that sacrifices weren’t involved and I feel very lucky that we were able to pay the $1500 – not an advantage that everyone has but definitely worth it if you have the resources.
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