Originally Posted by ABQMom
Having someone outside the system who isn't motivated to put your child in a definable box that works in their system is to your benefit.

Yes x 1,000. ASD gets funding in our system (BC Canada) whereas so many other cognitive profiles (ADHD, for example) do not. While funding helps kids, I'm wary of having a school psychologist mislabel a child just to get $$$. A private psychologist won't have this kind of bias.