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Considering stopping Evaluations.

Princess_LilyPrincess_Lily member
edited February 2014 in Special Needs
DS was found to have had a severe impact of wax in his ears, which was found around the time of when the evals began. His wax had been impacted so badly, his eardrum was responding as if there was fluid present.

We aren't sure how it was there for either, DS didn't tell me and it was found when he had a cold in Nov*. We got the wax removed yesterday with an ENT, and we also have a pre & post wax removal audiology report.

Therefore we're considering holding off on a DX eval altogether and simply be aggressive with his OT & ST therapies - make addendum to goals where necessary, prep him for K. Now if in kindie we need to eval, we will do so...but he needs some solid time (6mo) to catch up we think.


*to answer any questions why it took so long to remove, first the pedi took a wait and see approach saying the wax will fall out with debrox - it didn't. ..then we went to an ENT who also took a wait &see approach and said no debrox. Then another pedi tried to remove the wax but it was so impacted she sent us to an ENT..this time we went to mine. He ordered all the audiology reports and removed the wax 100%
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Re: Considering stopping Evaluations.

  • Princess_LilyPrincess_Lily member
    edited February 2014
    We aren't in EI currently. If we get evals now, won't the school hold off on services until they conduct their own educational evals at the beginning of the year for all the kids? Or do they put services in place for kids who have private eval reports done?

    Auntie, speech needs attention without a doubt. I'm not sure how much time is needed though for him to catch up with his hearing improved.

    Fred, this is a full workup to check for ADHD, ASD, IQ, and any LDs.



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  • Assembly_ReqdAssembly_Reqd member
    I would call your school district and find out exactly what kind of timeline you are in for. Wouldn't you rather have supports in place before kindie instead of potentially risking a bad formal school experience out of the gate? If he needs time to catch up and there isn't a true dx why not get him evaluated?

    Ear wax will not cause behavioral issues. The only delay I would expect from the hearing loss associated with impacted wax would be articulation issues. 
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  • funchickenfunchicken member
    Are you talking about private evals with a developmental pedi? I think having that info and possibly a diagnosis can only help when you are trying to advocate for your son with the school district next year. Because of DD's ADHD diagnosis we were able to get accommodations put in place for her within a couple of weeks of her having a problem. Even though the school evaluations are still in progress, we're getting help. I'm pretty sure that without a diagnosis, we would have been SOL because of DD's academic strengths.
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  • Princess_LilyPrincess_Lily member
    edited February 2014
    fredalina said:

    Are you already in contact with the district re: evals? If not then it's probably too late for this year.

    No. Our plan, advised from our districts EI, was that once a report was completed privatley, we were advised to submit the report to them. That is the extent if our contact, then they apply services where necessary.

    What are we looking at, if we wait 3-6mo though school wise? I know we will be at the K mark then.
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  • kcisthebombdotcomkcisthebombdotcom member
    We went through the eval process despite having multiple failed hearing tests and a year of wax/fluid issues. while it did help with language it wasn't a magic fix that made her neurotypical. keep doing what you're doing.
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  • Princess_LilyPrincess_Lily member
    I'm going to speak with DS's ST & OT tomorrow to see if we should wait to do medical eval and if do, for how long.

    Also I spoke to Fdlrs. They said to open a case now, this way by the time he enters K, its smoother for him. With the medical DX paperwork, we may bypass the educational eval process (or not, depends on tests conducted). She said if we wait until K, testing&meetings won't start for 60 days in.
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  • d.fd.f member
    You can submit a request for evals directly to the school district for evaluations in all areas of concern. Your request is what starts the timeline with the school. They can but are not required to accept the findings on private evals.    If you submit the findings from the private evals they would still have the 60-90 (I can never remember the timeline) to conduct their own evals.  Personally I wouldn't wait.  This year would have been uglier if we didn't have an IEP from preschool already in place.

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