Read the test report and identify your child's strengths, encourage and provide challenging resources and opportunities. Miami-Dade County Public Schools cannot recommend one psychologist over another. Therefore, parents who wish to have their child tested privately should contact their pediatrician, ask friends or family for recommendations, or check with the local psychological associations. However, any psychologist who is selected to test a child for placement in a public school program must hold licensure in Florida as a psychologist or school psychologist. The school psychologists recommendation is not a mandate, but a recommendation for consideration.
Parents are responsible for paying for outside counseling services.
There is a child in my neighborhood that I think is being sexually abused. I asked the teacher to have my child tested, but nothing has happened. Call the home school and ask for the Child Study Team Chairperson. Request a Child Study Team meeting to discuss having your child tested. The school system will not pay for private testing.