Why does an evaluation at NESCA always address educational issues?
At NESCA, we considertesting for both diagnostic and educational purposes to be essential and inseparable elements of an effective evaluation. Because your childs disability will inevitably affect his or her major life activity, which is school, it is important to understand the nature and extent of that impact. Conversely, much of any necessary remediation may well happen in school, and we need to be able to write well-reasoned, detailed recommendations about how the school should address your childs special needs. These recommendations need to be made persuasively, in a way that maximizes the likelihood that the school will recognize the recommended services as integral parts of the “free and appropriate public education (FAPE)” that public schools are required to provide to children with special needs. In addition, your child may need, and be legally entitled to, accommodations for his or her disability in the academic setting, and this also needs to be documented.
