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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 103606" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>You probably need someone from the US to answer this one specifically. My understanding of multidisciplinary evaluation is one where you have a number of different specialists come together and discuss this one case.</p><p></p><p>A neuropsychologist, on the other hand, is someone who specialises in a narrow branch of psychiatry, who looks at neurological disorders that affect how our brains function. Correct me if I'm wrong, people, because we don't really have this specifically in Australia.</p><p></p><p>I suggest you also, for your own curiosity, look up t he Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) questionnaire on <a href="http://www.childbrain.com" target="_blank">http://www.childbrain.com</a> and see how he scores. Although you can't use this to diagnose, you can still print out the results and take them to a specialist.</p><p></p><p>You've been waiting for the school to do the testing - from what I gather, you really need to nag, plus they don't do more than the bare minimum. I think it's got to the stage where you need more. The trouble is, too many schools/education officials seem to work with the belief that a bright child is by definition not learning disabled. By testing a child and simply averaging it all out, a kid like yours and mine would test out as only a little above average. When you look at sub-scores of a psychometric assessment (IQ test), a kid who is gifted and learning disabled will show big discrepancies in the sub-scores. If there is a BIG discrepancy between verbal and non-verbal performance scores, they shouldn't be averaged out (which is what is done when they say, "We've measured your child's IQ as being...") and you treat both ends of the spectrum accordingly. But schools too often will simply take a low score of 6 and a high score of 17, average them to, say, 12 and tell you, "You have an intelligent child there, but he's only a little smarter than average. he's smart enough to be able to do OK, his poor results in English are probably laziness and he really doesn't need that extension in Maths you were nagging us for, he just needs to stop working on his maths and put in a bit more effort in his other subjects."</p><p>End result - a student who is bored, frustrated and feeling inadequate, all at the same time. And a school now feeling complacent because they have got out of having to extend the student plus provide remedial assistance and support.</p><p></p><p>Hence - you may need to get testing done privately, to make sure he gets the help he needs.</p><p></p><p>I'll have to look for an image of that statue by Rodin - hadn't heard of it. The original caryatids in Athens are beautiful, the draperies done in marble exquisite. But sorely missed at the same site - the Elgin marbles. As an art teacher, if you ever get to Greece you should try to do the Mythical Cities tour (or equivalent). We had four days of immersion in Greek architecture, ranging from Bronze Age to Classical, sometimes at the same site. Delphi and Epidaurus were unforgettable, especially. I think our tour guide was an archaeologist herself. Perhaps my favourite statues - can't choose between Praxiteles' Hermes and "The Charioteer". Both absolutely amazing. And we were close enough to touch them.</p><p></p><p>Good luck with this, you already sound like you have some strong ideas on how to help your son. Keep us posted on how you go. You may need some reinforcement and support in battling the education system - there is valuable info here from those who have gone before you.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 103606, member: 1991"] You probably need someone from the US to answer this one specifically. My understanding of multidisciplinary evaluation is one where you have a number of different specialists come together and discuss this one case. A neuropsychologist, on the other hand, is someone who specialises in a narrow branch of psychiatry, who looks at neurological disorders that affect how our brains function. Correct me if I'm wrong, people, because we don't really have this specifically in Australia. I suggest you also, for your own curiosity, look up t he Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) questionnaire on [url="http://www.childbrain.com"]http://www.childbrain.com[/url] and see how he scores. Although you can't use this to diagnose, you can still print out the results and take them to a specialist. You've been waiting for the school to do the testing - from what I gather, you really need to nag, plus they don't do more than the bare minimum. I think it's got to the stage where you need more. The trouble is, too many schools/education officials seem to work with the belief that a bright child is by definition not learning disabled. By testing a child and simply averaging it all out, a kid like yours and mine would test out as only a little above average. When you look at sub-scores of a psychometric assessment (IQ test), a kid who is gifted and learning disabled will show big discrepancies in the sub-scores. If there is a BIG discrepancy between verbal and non-verbal performance scores, they shouldn't be averaged out (which is what is done when they say, "We've measured your child's IQ as being...") and you treat both ends of the spectrum accordingly. But schools too often will simply take a low score of 6 and a high score of 17, average them to, say, 12 and tell you, "You have an intelligent child there, but he's only a little smarter than average. he's smart enough to be able to do OK, his poor results in English are probably laziness and he really doesn't need that extension in Maths you were nagging us for, he just needs to stop working on his maths and put in a bit more effort in his other subjects." End result - a student who is bored, frustrated and feeling inadequate, all at the same time. And a school now feeling complacent because they have got out of having to extend the student plus provide remedial assistance and support. Hence - you may need to get testing done privately, to make sure he gets the help he needs. I'll have to look for an image of that statue by Rodin - hadn't heard of it. The original caryatids in Athens are beautiful, the draperies done in marble exquisite. But sorely missed at the same site - the Elgin marbles. As an art teacher, if you ever get to Greece you should try to do the Mythical Cities tour (or equivalent). We had four days of immersion in Greek architecture, ranging from Bronze Age to Classical, sometimes at the same site. Delphi and Epidaurus were unforgettable, especially. I think our tour guide was an archaeologist herself. Perhaps my favourite statues - can't choose between Praxiteles' Hermes and "The Charioteer". Both absolutely amazing. And we were close enough to touch them. Good luck with this, you already sound like you have some strong ideas on how to help your son. Keep us posted on how you go. You may need some reinforcement and support in battling the education system - there is valuable info here from those who have gone before you. Marg [/QUOTE]
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