Ditto to everything aculady said... and fwiw, in our area, it was very very helpful to follow through with a private eval in addition to the school eval, as the school we were in at the time was operating from the point of view of proving services and accommodations were *not* needed. The private eval was much more thorough and gave us the opportunity to ask questions and really understand what was up with our ds.
We were able to have our neuropsych eval paid for by our insurance - I know this doesn't always happen, but it's worth at least looking into. What we did was have our pediatrician make the referral, then the office administrator at our neuropsych's office helped us figure out how it should be coded for insurance purposes. It was billed under medical insurance, not mental health.
Best wishes,
polarbear
We actually had the same experience with the school not wanting to acknowledge the disabilities or the need for services, and ended up getting a private evaluation by disagreeing with the results of the school's evaluation and requesting an Independent Educational Evaluation, which the school district had to pay for (and the district is legally required to take the IEE findings into consideration.) That evaluation and report were far more thorough (and accurate) than what the school did, and we got a ton of great information and helpful recommendations out of it.
