@Gudmom For the reading issues, things like that can have different causes. A specialist who does vision therapy can help you figure out if it might be an eye muscle control problem that couldn’t be helped by vision therapy which is like physical therapy for the eyes.
We have an excellent pediatric optometrist near us who is well regarded in the field and by local optometrist and ophthalmologists, and is honest about what problems he can help with, but I have heard other stories about doctors who seem questionable.
One way to find a specialist who can evaluate whether a reading issue might be helped by vision therapy is by looking at the provider list at covd.org. Sometimes a pediatrician, ophthalmologist, an optometrist, reading specialist, etc., can make a recommendation for a local provider, but some ophthalmologists are skeptical about vision therapy.
If a kid has the type of problem which can be helped by vision therapy, the effect can be dramatic in a relatively short time.
Insurance sometimes covers vision therapy for issues like convergence insufficiency. It depends on the policy.
Ugh i just reread my reply and as the rest of the paragraph clarifies, i meant to say it WOULDN’T be possible to test for for an APD with a hearing loss.
@garland LOL if that is a thing, she has that too. Except it is limited to my authority. She is a pleasure for everyone else.
@LBowie@MACmiracle and @thumper1 thank you.
She has had evaluations by an educational audiologist, a Teacher of the deaf did a Functional Listening Evan, an Educational Consultant did a classroom observation, and she saw a SPL who recommended Auditory Verbal therapy, and a SPL who did NOT recommend FastForward…we had to pay for every one of those. $$$$Thousands for the in-class evaluation. The school, after 3 years, finally agreed to have the State Specialized child study team do a three-part evaluation, Speech, Psychological (IQ testing), and Educational (achievement). Our evaluations came the following year, because they refused to implement the actual recommendations of the State team. They did a pick and choose thing, and made another unenforceable 504, which outlined accommodations without any actual way of measuring compliance, no goals, etc. In the last two years she has developed cyclic vomiting syndrome, most likely triggered by stress and anxiety. So we see a gastroenterologist, a gastropsychologist (can you believe thatnis a thing?) and a psychiatrist. oh and a neurologist, PT, OT…her very well regarded, Harvard-Harvard opthamologist, the one everyone goes to, did motor testing and said she was fine. Her eyes are fine.
I feel lost. Is a “complete neuropsych workup” different than what we have done so far? We are bleeding money, and if I felt we had a plan that would work, I wouldn’t care, but besides the new school ($47K with special program) I am not sure what to do. They would provide her with individualized services - but we need to know what she needs. I am an intelligent person but I feel like I am going in circles.