I'm feel so torn as what is the best way to proceed. I also have the school telling me he's fine. I'm just not so sure he's fine or that fine is ok with me. He should be happy, engaged, and actively learning at school just like he is all summer long.
I feel like we've spent a lot money already with little change seen. Our tester said ASD unlikely, poss mild inattentive add but couldn't say for sure without full neuropsych eval.
It's frustrating to spend $ on different evals only to come up without clear answers, but it's worth taking a step back and look at what's going on - until you have that clarity that comes with a neuropsych it's often easy or tempting to throw small amounts (ok, relatively small amounts - not truly small amounts!) of $ at different things trying to hit on what's up. A neuropsych eval is likely to give you a much clearer understanding of what's up by looking at the big picture, not just one thing here or there at a time.
It's sometimes possible to get neuropsych evals partially covered by medical insurance. If a neuropsych eval is completely out of reach financially, have you tried requesting an IEP evaluation by the school (in writing, with specific reasons mentioned)?
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