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<blockquote data-quote="Martie" data-source="post: 27079" data-attributes="member: 284"><p>I would NEVER, EVER allow direct communication between a private therapist and the school. Some schools play fast and loose with confidentiality--and once you give permission, anything is fair game. Here is what I did:</p><p></p><p>Any private evaluations came directly to me. After I reviewed them, if I chose to, I would forward them to the school. Often what I had from an outside evaluator contradicted what the SD wanted to believe, so I usually released--but not always.</p><p></p><p>A verbal exchange is very problematic to me because there is no written record of the information exchanged. School personnel can SAY the psychiatrist said thus and so and you have no way to refute it. What I would do instead is to ask the treating psychiatrist or therapist to write a summary of difficult child's situation, current diagnosis's, medications (if you want--you don't have to release this information), treatment goals, needed school supports if psychiatrist has an opinion, etc. Have psychiatrist send it to the school but you keep a copy. If the school has additional questions, have them submit them to the psychiatrist in writing. If you are extra paranoid, have them give them to you to give to the psychiatrist. Keep a copy in either event--and get a copy of the answers.</p><p></p><p>I once released to the school a written IEE (at parent expense) that CLEARLY and unambiguously stated that ex-difficult child was neither Learning Disability (LD) nor ADHD--to the contrary, attention control was a major strength for him. I overheard a teacher make reference to ex-difficult child having Learning Disability (LD) and ADHD. I asked her where she got the information. She was a nice person and genuinely believed what she was saying--"someone" who had seen the report relayed the information. I gave her a copy of the evaluation for her very own. She was quite competent and was embarrassed that she had relied on this other person.</p><p></p><p>Think how much worse the above would have been if it had been a verbal exchange with no way to establish what was "really" said. I offered copies of this evaluation to all teachers--just to embarrass the person who was spreading false rumors. What could I have done if those rumors were based on "Dr. X said, ...."? Nothing.</p><p></p><p>Just my .02</p><p></p><p>Martie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Martie, post: 27079, member: 284"] I would NEVER, EVER allow direct communication between a private therapist and the school. Some schools play fast and loose with confidentiality--and once you give permission, anything is fair game. Here is what I did: Any private evaluations came directly to me. After I reviewed them, if I chose to, I would forward them to the school. Often what I had from an outside evaluator contradicted what the SD wanted to believe, so I usually released--but not always. A verbal exchange is very problematic to me because there is no written record of the information exchanged. School personnel can SAY the psychiatrist said thus and so and you have no way to refute it. What I would do instead is to ask the treating psychiatrist or therapist to write a summary of difficult child's situation, current diagnosis's, medications (if you want--you don't have to release this information), treatment goals, needed school supports if psychiatrist has an opinion, etc. Have psychiatrist send it to the school but you keep a copy. If the school has additional questions, have them submit them to the psychiatrist in writing. If you are extra paranoid, have them give them to you to give to the psychiatrist. Keep a copy in either event--and get a copy of the answers. I once released to the school a written IEE (at parent expense) that CLEARLY and unambiguously stated that ex-difficult child was neither Learning Disability (LD) nor ADHD--to the contrary, attention control was a major strength for him. I overheard a teacher make reference to ex-difficult child having Learning Disability (LD) and ADHD. I asked her where she got the information. She was a nice person and genuinely believed what she was saying--"someone" who had seen the report relayed the information. I gave her a copy of the evaluation for her very own. She was quite competent and was embarrassed that she had relied on this other person. Think how much worse the above would have been if it had been a verbal exchange with no way to establish what was "really" said. I offered copies of this evaluation to all teachers--just to embarrass the person who was spreading false rumors. What could I have done if those rumors were based on "Dr. X said, ...."? Nothing. Just my .02 Martie [/QUOTE]
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