How fast can you start after we send the referral?

Once we have the signed consent and referral packet, we match an evaluator and confirm the testing dates against your campus calendar, usually within days, not weeks.

Do you handle bilingual FIEs?

Yes. Bilingual FIEs are conducted by evaluators licensed to test in Spanish, not through an interpreter. Tell us the student's language profile when you request.

Will the evaluator attend the ARD?

Yes. ARD participation is a separate line item at $118.99 per hour, and most districts add it so the person who tested the student is the one explaining the results.

What if the student was already partially evaluated?

Send what exists. The evaluator reviews existing data first and only administers what the referral question still requires.

Is the report Medicaid and audit ready?

Yes. Reports follow SHARS-aligned documentation standards, and every session behind the report is signed and traceable.

Evaluations

Full Individual Evaluation (FIE)

A Full Individual Evaluation, the FIE, is the comprehensive evaluation Texas requires before a student can receive special-education services.

What's included

Review of existing data, records, and prior interventions
Standardized instruments selected for the referral question
Classroom observation on your campus
A complete written report that meets TEA requirements
A review meeting where the evaluator explains results in plain language

Who delivers it

A Texas-certified educational diagnostician or Licensed Specialist in School Psychology (LSSP). Bilingual evaluations are conducted by evaluators licensed to test in Spanish.

Where

On your campus
By secure video

The 45-school-day rule, plainly

When a parent signs consent for an evaluation, Texas law starts a clock: the district has 45 school days to complete the evaluation and deliver the written report. School days, not calendar days, and the clock does not pause because a diagnostician resigned or a position went unfilled. Miss it, and the district is out of compliance and exposed in any complaint or audit that follows. We schedule every FIE against your district's own calendar, count the days the way TEA counts them, and commit to a report date inside the window before work begins.

Questions districts ask

How fast can you start after we send the referral?: Once we have the signed consent and referral packet, we match an evaluator and confirm the testing dates against your campus calendar, usually within days, not weeks.
Do you handle bilingual FIEs?: Yes. Bilingual FIEs are conducted by evaluators licensed to test in Spanish, not through an interpreter. Tell us the student's language profile when you request.
Will the evaluator attend the ARD?: Yes. ARD participation is a separate line item at $118.99 per hour, and most districts add it so the person who tested the student is the one explaining the results.
What if the student was already partially evaluated?: Send what exists. The evaluator reviews existing data first and only administers what the referral question still requires.
Is the report Medicaid and audit ready?: Yes. Reports follow SHARS-aligned documentation standards, and every session behind the report is signed and traceable.