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9.5 y/o son, Psychological evaluation, teacher bias!?
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<blockquote data-quote="Verucalise" data-source="post: 419291" data-attributes="member: 11616"><p>Thanks everyone. Just to clarify, I am getting him privately tested. </p><p> </p><p>Many of the professionals are asking for teacher evaluations, like the BRIEF (Behavioral Rating Inventory of Executive Function) and the Vanderbilt Scale for things like ADD, ADHD, ODD, and conduct disorders. The other teachers, when I review their answers, seem to see almost the same issues with my son like attention span, or easily emotional. This one particular teacher, "Teacher A", seems to be filling out these forms with answers above and beyond the things I've ever been notified about! It's almost like she picks and chooses the behaviors she wants to see, inflates their importance. I.E., if she sees him doing them once a month, she's say "often" instead of occasionally or never. Where all his other teachers say he's a delight, she writes that she can't leave him unsupervised or else he'll get into trouble. I think she's trying to alter the test to her point of view honestly! I don't want to insinuate that, but how come I was never notified of these things?</p><p> </p><p>For more clarification, my son is a gem. He has no behavioral issues, very well tempered, does as he is told. He only becomes frustrated when he's put on the spot, and sometimes can become teary eyed but handles it well. He knows to walk away and relax, then come back to the situation as he doesn't want to embarrass himself. </p><p> </p><p>I approached the school over PURELY educational issues- his spelling in particular, but his speech seemed off to me as well. His other teachers believe in him, they think he's smart, well behaved, and maybe has a learning disability when it comes to spelling. Teacher A believes he has aspergers, and I'm sick of looking at these forms that they ask his teachers to fill out and watching how this teacher, who has NEVER approached me with behavioral problems, is now stating he has them. She answers that he'll get up in class when he's not supposed to, he can't go unsupervised without getting in trouble, has a temper issue- I've gone to ALL his parent teacher conferences, have been in email correspondence for years with his teachers, and not one, NOT ONE, has ever said ANY of this. And 3 of his current teachers state that right now, he doesn't. </p><p> </p><p>It seems that if he's doing these things, which I don't believe he is, that it's because of the teacher maybe, not him. Or maybe the teacher is making mountains out of molehills to prove her point that he has Aspergers, maybe even believing that she's doing him a favor.</p><p> </p><p>I also want to reiterate, I don't have a problem with Aspergers. I do not feel he has it, and everyone with the exception of this teacher, believes he's a completely normal child with a few small issues. I just don't see what a diagnosis of Aspergers will do for him if he doesn't have it. No one has mentioned behavioral modification because he behaves WONDERFULLY. I couldn't have a better child. I do believe he needs counseling as he does have anxiety, and I think maybe some extra help at school or possibly an ADD medication with a 504 plan. I want him to succeed, no matter what the diagnosis. I just don't particularly like how one teacher (in my mind) is derailing the entire process because of her own beliefs. It's sickening.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Verucalise, post: 419291, member: 11616"] Thanks everyone. Just to clarify, I am getting him privately tested. Many of the professionals are asking for teacher evaluations, like the BRIEF (Behavioral Rating Inventory of Executive Function) and the Vanderbilt Scale for things like ADD, ADHD, ODD, and conduct disorders. The other teachers, when I review their answers, seem to see almost the same issues with my son like attention span, or easily emotional. This one particular teacher, "Teacher A", seems to be filling out these forms with answers above and beyond the things I've ever been notified about! It's almost like she picks and chooses the behaviors she wants to see, inflates their importance. I.E., if she sees him doing them once a month, she's say "often" instead of occasionally or never. Where all his other teachers say he's a delight, she writes that she can't leave him unsupervised or else he'll get into trouble. I think she's trying to alter the test to her point of view honestly! I don't want to insinuate that, but how come I was never notified of these things? For more clarification, my son is a gem. He has no behavioral issues, very well tempered, does as he is told. He only becomes frustrated when he's put on the spot, and sometimes can become teary eyed but handles it well. He knows to walk away and relax, then come back to the situation as he doesn't want to embarrass himself. I approached the school over PURELY educational issues- his spelling in particular, but his speech seemed off to me as well. His other teachers believe in him, they think he's smart, well behaved, and maybe has a learning disability when it comes to spelling. Teacher A believes he has aspergers, and I'm sick of looking at these forms that they ask his teachers to fill out and watching how this teacher, who has NEVER approached me with behavioral problems, is now stating he has them. She answers that he'll get up in class when he's not supposed to, he can't go unsupervised without getting in trouble, has a temper issue- I've gone to ALL his parent teacher conferences, have been in email correspondence for years with his teachers, and not one, NOT ONE, has ever said ANY of this. And 3 of his current teachers state that right now, he doesn't. It seems that if he's doing these things, which I don't believe he is, that it's because of the teacher maybe, not him. Or maybe the teacher is making mountains out of molehills to prove her point that he has Aspergers, maybe even believing that she's doing him a favor. I also want to reiterate, I don't have a problem with Aspergers. I do not feel he has it, and everyone with the exception of this teacher, believes he's a completely normal child with a few small issues. I just don't see what a diagnosis of Aspergers will do for him if he doesn't have it. No one has mentioned behavioral modification because he behaves WONDERFULLY. I couldn't have a better child. I do believe he needs counseling as he does have anxiety, and I think maybe some extra help at school or possibly an ADD medication with a 504 plan. I want him to succeed, no matter what the diagnosis. I just don't particularly like how one teacher (in my mind) is derailing the entire process because of her own beliefs. It's sickening. [/QUOTE]
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