The type of expenses you are describing to me sound very much in line with actual "special needs" expenses. Those are not included in the basic child support amount and to answer your question, no, you are not paying double for those expenses (as far as I am aware). The extraordinary expenses issue, to which I referred, and that which has caused so much controversy, is that the committee opted to lump expenses for travel for sports activities, premiere sports costs, and maybe things like optional private instruction for dance directly in with those expenses required for a dyslexic child to do well. Therefore, it was cautioned to the committee that many parents may be coming forth asking for all kinds of expenses to be considered "extraordinary" or "special." I think the expenses you are talking about are legitimate special needs expenses. And, these kinds of expenses have been included in the guidelines for quite a long time.
