To Test or Not To Test?
What do you do when you homeschool and you are concerned that one of your children may have a learning disability? I have struggled for months, trying to decide whether or not to have my child evaluated. I would have to send a formal, certified letter to our public school basically demanding that my child be put through a battery of tests to determine where the problem lies. I don't feel qualified to make this demand of my local school district. I don't even know exactly what I'm asking for, or what I need. When a child is in public school and his teacher notices he's having some problems, the special education teacher is consulted and testing may or may not follow. It's all in house - easy peasy! (I've never actually been through this process myself, but this is how I picture it.) The support staff are there, the psychologists and special education staff are there. This is what they do. When you homeschool, you have to figure it all o...