Anyone can Point me in the Right Direction

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1. Not every person with a given condition will experience all of its symptoms.

2. There are any number of possible explanations other than auditory processing disorder.

Q.e.d. It still makes a great deal of sense to pursue an evaluation considering that his teacher raised concerns that you perceive as valid (I.e. It's not that the teacher said something and you said "huh, I don't notice that at home at all," but here you share the same concerns which to me says worth checking out.)

As for who should do the eval, it depends where you are. If you are in NY or another place that is fairly friendly about evaluating preschoolers, may as well start with the board of Ed, ask your teacher to point you in the right direction or call an agency (e.g. In NY yeled vyalda). If you do not have those services available where you live, then the person you're seeking most probably calls themselves a developmental psychologist or educational psychologist.