I should also add, these are wait times *after* being placed on a list for psychoeducational assessment. There is a long lead time before that, too - can be 6 months to a year within most schools.
Also, the school board listed in the first article is in a mid-sized city with shorter wait times than the major cities. Note again that the quote below is *after* placement on the waitlist.
"According to the Hamilton-Wentworth District School board, 405 students are currently on a wait list for psycho-educational testing. Wait times for testing can vary – 20 per cent are seen within six months, the board says, while over half of students get tested within six months to a year. But some wait considerably longer. Twelve per cent of students wait between a year and 15 months to get tested and 14 per cent — about one in seven — wait over 15 months."
I would encourage anyone interested to read the parent comments in the first article. Some are quite poignant.
