Student Success Center

Hi Pam,
What is it Dr. Levin center is suppose to do that other Dr. don’t I have been to Psychologist,Psychriatric Dr. and Neurologist and they all say the the same thing. I am sure that you have the same story, but I know what you are feeling you might find somethimg out you didn’t know, and you don’t want to leave a stone unturned. Let me know when you find out.
willow

Pam,
I’ve had both my daughters evaluated at the SSC. My oldest is ADHD and Academically Gifted. My youngest daughter was evaluated there recently. She is ADD and LD. Last year she was evaluated at school and didn’t “qualify” for any services. I wanted more than tests and scores on her because she has a lot of subtle issues going on. She scores well on individually administered standardized tests but consistently gets failing grades in the classroom. The SSC uses a different philosophy, different terminology and more extensive and specific recommendations than I’ve ever seen from any other center. They give standardized tests and parts of standardized test but do not release those scores because their philosophy is to go beyond labels. They give an extremely detailed Learning Plan that translates very easily into IEP goals, accomodations and modifications.
You can go thru the process with one child - perhaps the most impaired child - and that may help you with the others. Also, if you read Mel Levine’s book Educational Care you will get a good idea of their approach. Hope this helps.

I did not have my child evaluated at the CDL, but am credentialed as a neurodevelopmental evaluator by Dr. Levine and the CDL. There are many professionals who are also credentialed. Depending on where you live, you may want to call Chapel Hill back, and see if they can refer you to anyone in your immediate area. Both IDEA and 504 are physician driven, and so it is important for your pocketbook to both have your child’s primary physician justify medically AND to call a PPT with your child’s school to request that the school system pay for what your health insurance does not cover. This also makes Dr. Levine’s evaluation a school system ordered evaluation which enhances your legal rights in insuring that the recommendations are really adhered to. Tina Grant

Yes, I contacted them. Our daughter has auditory processing difficulties and we were eager to find out if this is part of a larger picture. I faxed the contact form to them. Judy Springer, the lady in charge of contacting you after you send your form in, told me that the evaluation would cost between $1,900 and $2,500. It depends on the number of clinicians they feel need to be in on the evaluation. We were eager and ready to do this and then she said she had
1,200 contact forms to go through before us! So, be prepared to wait!

I’d like to hear from anyone who has already gone through the process.
Was it helpful? Did you find it was worth the wait and the money?

I heard that there is a 9 month waiting period to get an appt?? Is that true. I thought about filling out the paper work and getting an appt because if it takes that long it will be a year from his last eval!!

K.