Re: Process for evaluating my son

August 22, 2007

Dr. Fellini does a wonderful job with psychological

evaluations, which are more likely to be accepted by schools rather

than a medical diagnosis. Her # is .

If you would like a copy of the Autism Society of Collin County's

parent resource packet, please send me your email address off list

and I will send it to you in an attachment.

Nagla

nagla_alvin@...

>

> Hi

>

> I'm new to this group. I have a 2 1/2 year old son with speech and

social development delays. I would like to get him formally evaluated

before he is eligible for the servives provided by the Public School

System.

>

> I live in Plano, TX. Could any of you help me with names of

specialists that I can go to?What kind of specialists should I be

looking at?

>

> Regards

>

> rnsj

>

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August 22, 2007

Dr. Fellini does a wonderful job with psychological

evaluations, which are more likely to be accepted by schools rather

than a medical diagnosis. Her # is .

If you would like a copy of the Autism Society of Collin County's

parent resource packet, please send me your email address off list

and I will send it to you in an attachment.

Nagla

nagla_alvin@...

>

> Hi

>

> I'm new to this group. I have a 2 1/2 year old son with speech and

social development delays. I would like to get him formally evaluated

before he is eligible for the servives provided by the Public School

System.

>

> I live in Plano, TX. Could any of you help me with names of

specialists that I can go to?What kind of specialists should I be

looking at?

>

> Regards

>

> rnsj

>

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August 22, 2007

Dr. Fellini does a wonderful job with psychological

evaluations, which are more likely to be accepted by schools rather

than a medical diagnosis. Her # is .

If you would like a copy of the Autism Society of Collin County's

parent resource packet, please send me your email address off list

and I will send it to you in an attachment.

Nagla

nagla_alvin@...

>

> Hi

>

> I'm new to this group. I have a 2 1/2 year old son with speech and

social development delays. I would like to get him formally evaluated

before he is eligible for the servives provided by the Public School

System.

>

> I live in Plano, TX. Could any of you help me with names of

specialists that I can go to?What kind of specialists should I be

looking at?

>

> Regards

>

> rnsj

>

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August 22, 2007

Hi Nagla!

Would you mind sending me the list too? I would like to have it as a resource

for my parents. Also, I met your sister-in-law @ Hawaiian Falls last week! We

were in line and they were talking about schools, I made a comment and one thing

led to another and she told me about your involvement in the autism community

and I asked her what your name was and...so the story goes! Anyway, small world!

Kindly,

Lesli

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Re: Process for evaluating my son

Dr. Fellini does a wonderful job with psychological

evaluations, which are more likely to be accepted by schools rather

than a medical diagnosis. Her # is .

If you would like a copy of the Autism Society of Collin County's

parent resource packet, please send me your email address off list

and I will send it to you in an attachment.

Nagla

nagla_alvin@ <mailto:nagla_alvin%40tx.rr.com> tx.rr.com

>

> Hi

>

> I'm new to this group. I have a 2 1/2 year old son with speech and

social development delays. I would like to get him formally evaluated

before he is eligible for the servives provided by the Public School

System.

>

> I live in Plano, TX. Could any of you help me with names of

specialists that I can go to?What kind of specialists should I be

looking at?

>

> Regards

>

> rnsj

>

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August 22, 2007

Hi Nagla!

Would you mind sending me the list too? I would like to have it as a resource

for my parents. Also, I met your sister-in-law @ Hawaiian Falls last week! We

were in line and they were talking about schools, I made a comment and one thing

led to another and she told me about your involvement in the autism community

and I asked her what your name was and...so the story goes! Anyway, small world!

Kindly,

Lesli

Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

Re: Process for evaluating my son

Dr. Fellini does a wonderful job with psychological

evaluations, which are more likely to be accepted by schools rather

than a medical diagnosis. Her # is .

If you would like a copy of the Autism Society of Collin County's

parent resource packet, please send me your email address off list

and I will send it to you in an attachment.

Nagla

nagla_alvin@ <mailto:nagla_alvin%40tx.rr.com> tx.rr.com

>

> Hi

>

> I'm new to this group. I have a 2 1/2 year old son with speech and

social development delays. I would like to get him formally evaluated

before he is eligible for the servives provided by the Public School

System.

>

> I live in Plano, TX. Could any of you help me with names of

specialists that I can go to?What kind of specialists should I be

looking at?

>

> Regards

>

> rnsj

>

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August 22, 2007

Wow, it is indeed a small world! I have forwarded the parent

resource packet, feel free to copy and distribute it to your parents.

ASCC's only requirement is that it may not be changed in any way

without ASCC permission.

Nagla

> >

> > Hi

> >

> > I'm new to this group. I have a 2 1/2 year old son with speech

and

> social development delays. I would like to get him formally

evaluated

> before he is eligible for the servives provided by the Public

School

> System.

> >

> > I live in Plano, TX. Could any of you help me with names of

> specialists that I can go to?What kind of specialists should I be

> looking at?

> >

> > Regards

> >

> > rnsj

> >

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August 23, 2007

You can contact ECI -Early Childhood Intervention and they can help you to do

the right steps. Well, they did it with my son. I'm in Houston but I'm sure ECI

is nation wide.

Now, don't go only by one evaluation , also find a private Doc (Neurologist,

Psycologist and specialist) to Test your son. Always, keep a 2o. or 3rd opinion.

Good Luck and God Bless

rosie

Sreedevi wrote:

Hi

I'm new to this group. I have a 2 1/2 year old son with speech and social

development delays. I would like to get him formally evaluated before he is

eligible for the servives provided by the Public School System.

I live in Plano, TX. Could any of you help me with names of specialists that I

can go to?What kind of specialists should I be looking at?

Regards

rnsj

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August 23, 2007

You can contact ECI -Early Childhood Intervention and they can help you to do

the right steps. Well, they did it with my son. I'm in Houston but I'm sure ECI

is nation wide.

Now, don't go only by one evaluation , also find a private Doc (Neurologist,

Psycologist and specialist) to Test your son. Always, keep a 2o. or 3rd opinion.

Good Luck and God Bless

rosie

Sreedevi wrote:

Hi

I'm new to this group. I have a 2 1/2 year old son with speech and social

development delays. I would like to get him formally evaluated before he is

eligible for the servives provided by the Public School System.

I live in Plano, TX. Could any of you help me with names of specialists that I

can go to?What kind of specialists should I be looking at?

Regards

rnsj

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August 23, 2007

You can contact ECI -Early Childhood Intervention and they can help you to do

the right steps. Well, they did it with my son. I'm in Houston but I'm sure ECI

is nation wide.

Now, don't go only by one evaluation , also find a private Doc (Neurologist,

Psycologist and specialist) to Test your son. Always, keep a 2o. or 3rd opinion.

Good Luck and God Bless

rosie

Sreedevi wrote:

Hi

I'm new to this group. I have a 2 1/2 year old son with speech and social

development delays. I would like to get him formally evaluated before he is

eligible for the servives provided by the Public School System.

I live in Plano, TX. Could any of you help me with names of specialists that I

can go to?What kind of specialists should I be looking at?

Regards

rnsj

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August 23, 2007

As Rosie said, contact ECI. http://www.dars.state.tx.us/ecis/index.shtml

1-

They are state-wide and will serve your child until he turns 3. After he

turns 3, his services will come from your local school.

If you don’t want to mess with calling Austin, you can just call ESC-10.

Even though they aren’t responsible until your son is 3, they do have a

“child find” responsibility. Daphnia Bland is the person that handles this

and super nice. She is our former Sp Ed Director. Tell her I sent you!!

DAPHNIA BLAND

daphnia.bland@...

Tonya

August 23, 2007

It IS a waste of money, because the school districts do not have to accept

evaluations that are not " educational " . Been there, done that.

Anne

-- Re: Process for evaluating my son

my experience has been that every single entity (therapist, school

district) does their own evaluation testing, so i've never

had " formal " testing done by a medical dr. (except for dr. amy

yasko's nutrigenomic testing). my son just turned 3 and finished

testing to enter the public school system's early program this fall

semester (we're in Grapevine-Colleyville ISD). i'm glad i never had

the medical testing done because it would have been a waste of money.

i'm even going thru a divorce right now and my lawyer said that the

school district's eval will be sufficient in court, so i still don't

need to fork over the money for that testing.

warmly,

sommer

>

> Hi

>

> I'm new to this group. I have a 2 1/2 year old son with speech and

social development delays. I would like to get him formally evaluated

before he is eligible for the servives provided by the Public School

System.

>

> I live in Plano, TX. Could any of you help me with names of

specialists that I can go to?What kind of specialists should I be

looking at?

>

> Regards

>

> rnsj

>

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In a message dated 8/22/2007 11:13:36 P.M. Central Daylight Time,

sommer@... writes:

i'm glad i never had

the medical testing done because it would have been a waste of money.

Don't be so quick to rule out medical testing to save yourself some money.

My son had medical testing done when he was 4 to rule out certain

medical/physical conditions like, brain tumor, fragile X syndrome, lead

poisoning,

deafness, liver and kidney function disorders, etc to ascertain what might be

causing or contributing to his developmental delay. The only thing found was

that

my son has Chiari malformation, also known as cerebellar ectopia through a

MRI. Chiari malformations occur in the region where the brain and spinal cord

join. The lower-portions of the brain (cerebellar and/or brainstem) are

located lower than normal, penetrating out of the skull or protruding into the

spinal canal. I was told that's associated with low muscle tone and

balance/coordination problems which my son definitely has. All the testing was

done by a

team of specialists who come together to diagnose my child's problems but it

was a developmental pediatrician and a psychologist who presented the findin

gs to me and gave me a final diagnosis. In our case the public school system

concurred with the medical diagnosis. If you want to get a medical diagnosis

and you have medical insurance, call your provider and find out if they cover

the medical testing done at a hospital or clinic participating in-network. I

did have to pay out of pocket expenses after my deductible was met and a

co-pay for each visit, which probably amounted to about $800 but I had peace of

mind.

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August 23, 2007

We got my son started when he was 2 y.9 m. old and we also started with ECI

(which IS nationwide). My son was so close to his 3rd birthday, ECI did

their evaluations but then transitioned us straight into the school district

services. That's probably what you can expect by going through ECI. It was

helpful to me, since I was so new to the process and didn't have a clue what

I was doing. Those people were very nice.

Anne

-- Re: Process for evaluating my son

You can contact ECI -Early Childhood Intervention and they can help you to

do the right steps. Well, they did it with my son. I'm in Houston but I'm

sure ECI is nation wide.

Now, don't go only by one evaluation , also find a private Doc

(Neurologist, Psycologist and specialist) to Test your son. Always, keep a

2o. or 3rd opinion.

Good Luck and God Bless

rosie

Sreedevi wrote:

Hi

I'm new to this group. I have a 2 1/2 year old son with speech and social

development delays. I would like to get him formally evaluated before he is

eligible for the servives provided by the Public School System.

I live in Plano, TX. Could any of you help me with names of specialists that

I can go to?What kind of specialists should I be looking at?

Regards

rnsj

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I disagree that it's a waste of money. Through the medical system, my son

had an ADOS evaluation, a result of which he received his autism diagnosis.

The school district accepted the ADOS eval.

I'm not sure what other evals you are considering, but I think it's a great

idea to get a developmental pediatrician to do a developmental assessment.

When you go to the school district, you'll have some notion of whether or

not the school district's assessments are anywhere near the mark and whether

or not the objectives they propose are appropriate for your child.

Geraldine

_____

From: Texas-Autism-Advocacy

[mailto:Texas-Autism-Advocacy ] On Behalf Of Anne

Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 9:22 AM

To: Texas-Autism-Advocacy

Subject: Re: Re: Process for evaluating my son

It IS a waste of money, because the school districts do not have to accept

evaluations that are not " educational " . Been there, done that.

Anne

-- Re: Process for evaluating my son

my experience has been that every single entity (therapist, school

district) does their own evaluation testing, so i've never

had " formal " testing done by a medical dr. (except for dr. amy

yasko's nutrigenomic testing). my son just turned 3 and finished

testing to enter the public school system's early program this fall

semester (we're in Grapevine-Colleyville ISD). i'm glad i never had

the medical testing done because it would have been a waste of money.

i'm even going thru a divorce right now and my lawyer said that the

school district's eval will be sufficient in court, so i still don't

need to fork over the money for that testing.

warmly,

sommer

>

> Hi

>

> I'm new to this group. I have a 2 1/2 year old son with speech and

social development delays. I would like to get him formally evaluated

before he is eligible for the servives provided by the Public School

System.

>

> I live in Plano, TX. Could any of you help me with names of

specialists that I can go to?What kind of specialists should I be

looking at?

>

> Regards

>

> rnsj

>

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August 23, 2007

I disagree that it's a waste of money. Through the medical system, my son

had an ADOS evaluation, a result of which he received his autism diagnosis.

The school district accepted the ADOS eval.

I'm not sure what other evals you are considering, but I think it's a great

idea to get a developmental pediatrician to do a developmental assessment.

When you go to the school district, you'll have some notion of whether or

not the school district's assessments are anywhere near the mark and whether

or not the objectives they propose are appropriate for your child.

Geraldine

_____

From: Texas-Autism-Advocacy

[mailto:Texas-Autism-Advocacy ] On Behalf Of Anne

Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 9:22 AM

To: Texas-Autism-Advocacy

Subject: Re: Re: Process for evaluating my son

It IS a waste of money, because the school districts do not have to accept

evaluations that are not " educational " . Been there, done that.

Anne

-- Re: Process for evaluating my son

my experience has been that every single entity (therapist, school

district) does their own evaluation testing, so i've never

had " formal " testing done by a medical dr. (except for dr. amy

yasko's nutrigenomic testing). my son just turned 3 and finished

testing to enter the public school system's early program this fall

semester (we're in Grapevine-Colleyville ISD). i'm glad i never had

the medical testing done because it would have been a waste of money.

i'm even going thru a divorce right now and my lawyer said that the

school district's eval will be sufficient in court, so i still don't

need to fork over the money for that testing.

warmly,

sommer

>

> Hi

>

> I'm new to this group. I have a 2 1/2 year old son with speech and

social development delays. I would like to get him formally evaluated

before he is eligible for the servives provided by the Public School

System.

>

> I live in Plano, TX. Could any of you help me with names of

specialists that I can go to?What kind of specialists should I be

looking at?

>

> Regards

>

> rnsj

>

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August 23, 2007

I disagree that it's a waste of money. Through the medical system, my son

had an ADOS evaluation, a result of which he received his autism diagnosis.

The school district accepted the ADOS eval.

I'm not sure what other evals you are considering, but I think it's a great

idea to get a developmental pediatrician to do a developmental assessment.

When you go to the school district, you'll have some notion of whether or

not the school district's assessments are anywhere near the mark and whether

or not the objectives they propose are appropriate for your child.

Geraldine

_____

From: Texas-Autism-Advocacy

[mailto:Texas-Autism-Advocacy ] On Behalf Of Anne

Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 9:22 AM

To: Texas-Autism-Advocacy

Subject: Re: Re: Process for evaluating my son

It IS a waste of money, because the school districts do not have to accept

evaluations that are not " educational " . Been there, done that.

Anne

-- Re: Process for evaluating my son

my experience has been that every single entity (therapist, school

district) does their own evaluation testing, so i've never

had " formal " testing done by a medical dr. (except for dr. amy

yasko's nutrigenomic testing). my son just turned 3 and finished

testing to enter the public school system's early program this fall

semester (we're in Grapevine-Colleyville ISD). i'm glad i never had

the medical testing done because it would have been a waste of money.

i'm even going thru a divorce right now and my lawyer said that the

school district's eval will be sufficient in court, so i still don't

need to fork over the money for that testing.

warmly,

sommer

>

> Hi

>

> I'm new to this group. I have a 2 1/2 year old son with speech and

social development delays. I would like to get him formally evaluated

before he is eligible for the servives provided by the Public School

System.

>

> I live in Plano, TX. Could any of you help me with names of

specialists that I can go to?What kind of specialists should I be

looking at?

>

> Regards

>

> rnsj

>

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August 23, 2007

Where private evaluations come in handy is if there is a dispute

with the kind of services the school agrees to provide. For

example, our public school would only provide group speech and no

OT, despite private evaluations demonstrating a need for one-on-one

speech due to apraxia and OT. These are educational needs, even if

the district does their own evaluations. Private evaluations are

important for leverage in getting appropriate services. However,

many schools do reject them if they are pushing their resource-

driven agenda and one-size fits all programming. If you end up in

mediation or due process, these evaluations are critical, and better

to have before you approve an IEP.

A medical evaluation is important if the eligibility category is in

dispute - for example, the medical diagnosis is autism, which

automatically qualifies a child for services, but the public school

denies eligibility.

I would get private evaluations if you can afford them, but let the

school do their thing. Then you will have the knowledge you need to

determine if what they reomcmmend is in line with the private

evaluations, prior to approving an IEP, and will have those reports

as support if/when you need them.

I would NEVER let the school be my only source of evaluation. When

ny 3 year old entered the school system, I was delighted that he

didn't qulaify for OT or one-on-one speech, only to find out he

desperately needed these services and we lost a year because the

school had a conflict of itnerest to provide as little services as

possible. Therr evaluations are the furthest thing from objective as

you can get. When autism is involved, this can have lifetime

ramifications due to the critical importance of early intervention.

I would identify a speech therapist to do a private eval for you,

and a developmental pediatrican or neurologist for the overall

developmental assessment. If you suspect OT needs, you should do

this as well. With insurance, you should only be looking at nominal

costs that could turn out to be worth their weight in gold.

The other option is to see what the school's evaluations say, and if

you disagree, request they pay for an independent educational

evaluation. It is your right to have one, unless the school refuses

adn files for a hearing to defend their evaluations. This is a

terrible position, because then you will have to hire an attorney

and pay for an IEE yourself to pursue a FAPE for your child. This

happened to us, so getting your own private evaluations first could

be a much better path.

> >

> > Hi

> >

> > I'm new to this group. I have a 2 1/2 year old son with speech

and

> social development delays. I would like to get him formally

evaluated

> before he is eligible for the servives provided by the Public

School

> System.

> >

> > I live in Plano, TX. Could any of you help me with names of

> specialists that I can go to?What kind of specialists should I be

> looking at?

> >

> > Regards

> >

> > rnsj

> >

>

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August 23, 2007

I found ECI to be a waste of time. They worked with my son for a year and

never suspected Autism. I had to find out on my own. Also, the services we

received were wayyy too little. 30 minutes 4 x a month.

Marilyn

Re: Process for evaluating my son

You can contact ECI -Early Childhood Intervention and they can help you to

do the right steps. Well, they did it with my son. I'm in Houston but I'm

sure ECI is nation wide.

Now, don't go only by one evaluation , also find a private Doc (Neurologist,

Psycologist and specialist) to Test your son. Always, keep a 2o. or 3rd

opinion.

Good Luck and God Bless

rosie

August 23, 2007

I wasn't too impressed with ECI either. I found the therapists inadequate at

best. At one point they told me he was ready for hard candy and raw carrots

because he was grinding his teeth - he was about 2-1/2 and was just learning to

handle semi-solid consistancy foods. He certainly can handle raw carrots now

but he still grinds his teeth - hello! Autism?

It wouldn't hurt to contact ECI though at least you'll get a taste of what's

to come.

marilyna@... wrote:

I found ECI to be a waste of time. They worked with my son for a year

and

never suspected Autism. I had to find out on my own. Also, the services we

received were wayyy too little. 30 minutes 4 x a month.

Marilyn

Re: Process for evaluating my son

You can contact ECI -Early Childhood Intervention and they can help you to

do the right steps. Well, they did it with my son. I'm in Houston but I'm

sure ECI is nation wide.

Now, don't go only by one evaluation , also find a private Doc (Neurologist,

Psycologist and specialist) to Test your son. Always, keep a 2o. or 3rd

opinion.

Good Luck and God Bless

rosie

August 23, 2007

Unless of course the diagnostician wants to claim they must have an outside

doctor's evaluation - as was the case with us... I actually have it in

writing!!!

twinnfun wrote:

In order to get your son evaluated for school you will need to contact

the diagnostician at your local elementary school. This will start the

process to get him into the PPCD (Pre-school Program for Children with

Disabilities). If you want him evaluated for autism by the school

district which is a different evaluation than the evaluation necessary

to qualify for PPCD services you will need to request that seperately.

The school distric will not accept evaluations other than their own.

However, I would encourage you to get him evaluated by either a

developmental pediatrician, psychologist, psychiatrist, or a

developmental neurologist just for your own records. Such an evaluation

will also be necessary if you want to file any claims with your

insurance company regarding speech therapy and/or ocupational therapy

or any other therapies that you may want to try. You could ask your

family doctor and/or his pediatrician for referrals to specialists. You

mention that he had speech and social development delays. Ask the

professional who gave you this diagnosis for referrals.

Hope this will get you started!

August 23, 2007