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<blockquote data-quote="rlsnights" data-source="post: 416600" data-attributes="member: 7948"><p>The BASC is a screening tool - that's it. You can think of it as if you were straining sand. A piece of wire screen with big holes catches the big stuff. Then you use a finer piece with smaller holes to catch the smaller stuff. The BASC is more like the first than the second. It only looks at behaviors on a really obvious level and is used mostly to screen out those who do not need further testing.</p><p></p><p>If that's what the pre-school did I am not surprised the therapist didn't want a copy. He already knows everything it could possible tell him and a whole lot more.</p><p></p><p>Depending on where you live in Wisconsin, it may be hard for you to get to a neuropsychologist or even a good child psychologist for an assessment. But that is what you need with a kid this young with extreme behaviors. If the therapist suspects Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) then you specifically need an autism assessment. You should be able to get that assessment done by your State's autism centers. In rural areas they often have an itinerant autism specialist who does this along with supporting the needs of autistic kids in small school districts.</p><p></p><p>I would call your local school district nurse or Special Education department and ask them about it.</p><p></p><p>If he is entering school next year then you need to request a Special Education assessment be done now. The results of that will be mostly what the school relies on to guide at least his initial placement. With Special Education the child's needs are supposed to dictate placement (not just the classroom he's in but the whole array of services he receives). Often school districts try to push a particular placement in the sense of a classroom/school and make the kid fit into the existing programs.</p><p></p><p>And you should not so much be asking for specific test as trying to find someone highly qualified to administer and interpret the tests. That person will decide, typically as the assessment proceeds, what "tests" to use depending on what they see as they progress through the assessment. Most school districts also do this backwards, deciding in advance which tests to run because for most kids they are sufficient.</p><p></p><p>Patricia</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rlsnights, post: 416600, member: 7948"] The BASC is a screening tool - that's it. You can think of it as if you were straining sand. A piece of wire screen with big holes catches the big stuff. Then you use a finer piece with smaller holes to catch the smaller stuff. The BASC is more like the first than the second. It only looks at behaviors on a really obvious level and is used mostly to screen out those who do not need further testing. If that's what the pre-school did I am not surprised the therapist didn't want a copy. He already knows everything it could possible tell him and a whole lot more. Depending on where you live in Wisconsin, it may be hard for you to get to a neuropsychologist or even a good child psychologist for an assessment. But that is what you need with a kid this young with extreme behaviors. If the therapist suspects Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) then you specifically need an autism assessment. You should be able to get that assessment done by your State's autism centers. In rural areas they often have an itinerant autism specialist who does this along with supporting the needs of autistic kids in small school districts. I would call your local school district nurse or Special Education department and ask them about it. If he is entering school next year then you need to request a Special Education assessment be done now. The results of that will be mostly what the school relies on to guide at least his initial placement. With Special Education the child's needs are supposed to dictate placement (not just the classroom he's in but the whole array of services he receives). Often school districts try to push a particular placement in the sense of a classroom/school and make the kid fit into the existing programs. And you should not so much be asking for specific test as trying to find someone highly qualified to administer and interpret the tests. That person will decide, typically as the assessment proceeds, what "tests" to use depending on what they see as they progress through the assessment. Most school districts also do this backwards, deciding in advance which tests to run because for most kids they are sufficient. Patricia [/QUOTE]
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