Independent Educational Evaluations

Parents of children in public schools have important rights under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA), including the right to request an Independent Educational Evaluation (IEE) at no cost. If you disagree with your school district’s evaluation, or believe it does not fully capture your child’s learning needs, behavior, or potential, you may obtain an IEE from an outside licensed evaluator at no cost to you.

An IEE can:

• Confirm or clarify the results of the school’s evaluation

• Identify learning disabilities, ADHD, autism, emotional or behavioral needs

• Offer deeper insight into your child’s strengths and challenges

• Provide evidence-based recommendations for special education services and supports

• Help families and schools develop an appropriate Individualized Education Program (IEP)

Dr. Dombrowski has more than two decades of experience training graduate students, supervising assessments, and conducting high-quality, research-informed evaluations for children and adolescents. if you are a parent looking for a second-opinion psychoeducational assessment to supplement or clarify the evaluation provided by your child’s school? A comprehensive independent evaluation can offer a clearer understanding of your child’s psychological, behavioral, social-emotional, and educational functioning, and can play a crucial role in special education eligibility, placement decisions, and intervention planning under IDEA.

He is also the author of the widely used and highly regarded textbook:
Psychoeducational Assessment and Report Writing (Second Edition).

This text is used nationally by school psychologists, clinical psychologists, and training programs.

View the book here:
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-44641-3

The first edition has been downloaded more than 1.5 million times, reflecting its broad influence in the field of child assessment:
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4939-1911-6