I thought by going ahead and talking to district advocate (and mentioning still wanting ed eval) it might put us at the top of her list when it's time for 504 review in the fall. This district 504 coordinator has been extraordinarily helpful with two other friends' extraordinarily 2E kids (three children in all). She really seems to *get it.*
It's likely this advocate may be very helpful - but otoh, you don't need her help at this exact minute - you will need her help when you go through your 504 update (if that's the route you pursue). I would save my questions for her until you have a good idea what is in the neuropsych report, as well as advice on how to communicate your questions and concerns from your advocate. Your advocate will not *make* the communications, but most advocates will give you advice on how to approach the communications, how to word things so that you get the point across that you are trying to make, as well as how to word things to be sure you are as successful as possible in advocating.
Re getting on the "top of the list" for scheduling a meeting in the fall - the way to "get on the list" is to make a written request for a meeting to the appropriate contact people at your school. That puts the school on a time clock. It's doubtful that being in contact with a district advocate will alter the school's schedule at all. BUT talking to your advocate now, getting the neuropsych report, getting any other evals the neuropsych recommends in this summer if possible, and getting a plan together (working with your advocate) to determine *what* you are requesting - at that point in time, you'll be ready to put in a written request, and your goal should be to get the written request for either IEP or 504 in before school starts. I suspect the time clock on the request won't start until the first day of school or at least not until the teachers are back before school starts (because they are included in the meeting), but you can ask your advocate and he/she should know.
I don't think the neuropsych report will reflect anything as far as learning challenges (but I don't know, for sure--I guess it seems like everyone knowledgeable here knows a lot about what IQ scores might indicate). I think we will just have clarification on dx and a WISC-V report, and recommendations.
I wouldn't assume that any of us here have given you information on a diagnosis - we've just given suggestions and shared similarities in what we've seen with re to our own children or other children. Even those of us here who have direct knowledge of the ins/outs of testing haven't seen your specific chid - and a large part of my ds' diagnosis was based on observations made by the neuropsych *during* testing (combined with the testing results plus a detailed developmental history). Your neuropsych will also (or should also) be able to give you advice on what you can pursue through the school district vs what services/etc your ds will need and most likely won't qualify for through the school district.
Hang in there - you're doing all the right things!
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