I need to find a place to have a child evaluated for a learning disorder?
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If your child is school aged your first conversation may be with his or her teacher. If the teacher does not feel an evaluation is necessary then you may request one via an IEE (Independent Educational Eval). There are strict federal and state time guide/deadline when it comes to evals and special ed. Make sure you document everything. You may chose to have the Eval done yourself and often insurance will cover it. if you do this then you own the Eval not the school system and you may share it with them or not. however, sharing the info usually benefits the child. you could ask your doctor for a referral or recommendation or call your insurance company. The initial pre-referral and Eval process can be time consuming and is a big learning experience for the parent. The most important thing you can do is to remember that you are your child's best advocate and to advocate well you must educate yourself. Here are some very helpful websites for you: www.wrightslaw.com; www.schwablearning.org; http://www.fcsn.org/index.html (federation for children with special needs); http://www.ldonline.com/. I hope these are helpful. You are not alone and the special needs community is very helpful and supportive. Best of luck.
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You Could Probably Try your Dept Of Social Services..Maybe Help a Foster Child or a Family Thats Down and Out.
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Try this link for the "Westchester Advocates for Individuals with High Functioning Autism, Asperger Syndrome, and other PDDs".  They can put you in touch with the help you need.
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you could try contacting your local social service or human services office and ask them for information. also public health might have some information. \n\nthey could also tell you about advocate agencies such as AARM that advocate for people with special needs and also provide education services.
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HI I previously lived in Wilmington NC and they had many mental health resources community based and school based (most where free) my son had an excellent teacher in a behavioral (high function autistic) class there they also had excellent classes in lower functioning autism. You can use yahoo or google to search for schools there are also some therapeutic schools that are non profit and take some kids who cannot pay you can also petition the local school district to pay for therapeutic schools within a certain area you may need an advocate check in your local community pages in your phone book they may also be able to help you for free you can also ask for out of district placement if there is a local school that can better serve your needs also check out Reedmartin.com and wrightslaw.com they have really good referrals and information for special needs kids and their education Good luck its a hard road but you can do it!
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GO TO THE marchofdimes.com THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE OR AT LEAST SEND YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. OR DIVISION OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
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Check with School Faculty or Counselor, they should be able to assist you!
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A pediatric neurologist treats children with neurological disorders.  Go to this website for more information:\nhttp://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/neurology-care/pediatric-neurology.cfm\n\nHave fun!
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Go to your state's web site and type in child abuse. You should find something there.
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My god-daughter is a special needs child, most communities have weekly activities for the child and parent.  I don't know where you live, you should be able to get free tickets to local events and discount tickets for bowling, movies, and other activities.  Also, if there is an amusement park in your area call they will give discounts and special advantages.  Contact one of the special needs schools in your area before the summer begins they will give you all the information you need.\nGood Luck!
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http://www.texaschildrenshospital.org/\nthere ya go!
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I think that there is one on Division street on the east side of Portland (Oregon that is).  Check with social services and they should be able to better assist you.
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Unfortunately, you are living in a country where there is little help for children in your daughter's situation.  You may want to seek help from LD Worldwide. http://www.ldam.org/contact/index.html\nhttp://www.abainternational.org/sub/membersvcs/journals-pubs/newsletter/vol263/meast.asp\n\nHelping a child with a learning disability to learn effectively really does take specialized training. That is why in countries like the United States and Britain, specialized teachers earn advanced degrees in teaching children with special needs...even professional teachers with "standard" training have great difficulty in helping these students.\n\nFor now, as a Mom, here's what you can do.\n\nIn Math, practice counting all sorts of things with your daughter, grouping things in different ways, etc. For instance, when you are cooking, ask her for 3 eggs, and then 2 more eggs, and then count them together to find that you now have 5 eggs. Every chance you have, doing anything at all, where you are working with more than one thing, make counting and grouping with her a part of what you do.\n\nFor her handwriting, she needs Occupational Therapy. A good program you can try at home is "Handwriting Without Tears." Read the program book carefully, do not skip through it, and take it one item at a time. http://www.hwtears.com/  In my school we use it all the time as a support for the work our Occupational Therapists are doing with the students like your daughter.\n\nYour daughter does have one big advantage... a Mom who cares enough and is smart enough to try to find her help.
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I would have him evaluated by a pediatric specialty team at your nearest children's hospital or rehab center. My daughter was dx'd with ADD/ADHD/PDD-NOS and then High-functioning Autism by her ped and later by state funded physical and occupational therapists through early intervention. She was medicated at the school's insistence for ADHD. When that made things worse instead of better, we had her evaluated at our local pediatric rehabilitation center and learned that she was actually a perfect match for the symptoms/actions of Aspergers Syndrome and early onset bi-polar disorder. The reason the meds made things worse was that with bi-polar, you can't give just the anti-depressant, you have to do a mood stabilizer as well, or the manic symptoms will intensify and often times go out of control. Hope you find the help you need to help your child
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Your family doctor should be working with you on this concern. Call schools in your area, maybe they may know.\nChanging doctors may be the first step needed. If your childs doctor is not concerned enough about your child, he is not worthy of your child. Call hospitals, some have referral services. Look in yellow pages under social workers, there are many that will help you.\nPlease be patient with your child and give him hugs and kisses. The child needs your support.
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GO to the school and ask for the school social worker, if there isn't one, ask for the person over the special education children, I do understand that that the child may not need special education, but would still be in the "special needs" area. Explain the situation and go from there. If they can't help ask ?? about who can. Please take care of this soon and don't wait till the child breaks down from the stress.
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probably @ a fast food restaurant...or maybe somewhere like a daycare or something...good luck! hope u find something!