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<blockquote data-quote="Martie" data-source="post: 59151" data-attributes="member: 284"><p>Sheila,</p><p></p><p>in my opinion you have a RIGHT to know the credentials of someone who evaluates your child.</p><p></p><p>When ex-difficult child was 12, a school psychologist made some comments about his hearing (his HEARING??--hello, he's a musician)that could only be made by a licensed audiologist which the school psychiatric was not. The reason she made the comments (I believe) is because she was told to by the Dir of SpEd since the SD was then barking up the ADHD-inattentive type tree (INATTENTION???--ex-difficult child was is the 99th percentile on the attention/concentration factor of the Weschler, as one would expect for someone who can play the organ with both his hands and feet.)</p><p></p><p>I digress...I made them take all the statements out that only could have been made by an audiologist OR send him to an audiologist at their expense if they were making a referral....Hmmmm "our expense?" On second thought, maybe he just looks inattentive because he is either bored, unmotivated or both.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, I cannot cite law to support the above. Law just says "qualified" but how are you supposed to determine that if the SD is not required to demonstrate qualification. I am fairly certain most parents would not have known that a "central auditory processing disorder" can not be diagnosis'd by a school psychologist.</p><p></p><p>Martie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Martie, post: 59151, member: 284"] Sheila, in my opinion you have a RIGHT to know the credentials of someone who evaluates your child. When ex-difficult child was 12, a school psychologist made some comments about his hearing (his HEARING??--hello, he's a musician)that could only be made by a licensed audiologist which the school psychiatric was not. The reason she made the comments (I believe) is because she was told to by the Dir of SpEd since the SD was then barking up the ADHD-inattentive type tree (INATTENTION???--ex-difficult child was is the 99th percentile on the attention/concentration factor of the Weschler, as one would expect for someone who can play the organ with both his hands and feet.) I digress...I made them take all the statements out that only could have been made by an audiologist OR send him to an audiologist at their expense if they were making a referral....Hmmmm "our expense?" On second thought, maybe he just looks inattentive because he is either bored, unmotivated or both. Unfortunately, I cannot cite law to support the above. Law just says "qualified" but how are you supposed to determine that if the SD is not required to demonstrate qualification. I am fairly certain most parents would not have known that a "central auditory processing disorder" can not be diagnosis'd by a school psychologist. Martie [/QUOTE]
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