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<blockquote data-quote="Martie" data-source="post: 12448" data-attributes="member: 284"><p>This is what I warned you of. I TEACH the use of the BASC-2 to graduate students and it does not produce a diagnosis of social maladjustment. YOUR SD has decided to equate oppositional behavior with social maladjustment.</p><p></p><p>That they should do this is absolute proof in my mind that what they intend to do is NOT serve your son and then force him out via expulsion.</p><p></p><p>Your son is SED for the purposes of school because he has the problems you have noted. A fair IEP team would qualify him. In addtion, there is a parallel diagnosis system using the DSM-IV-TR. Having a DSM diagnosis does not automatically guarantee qualification under IDEA but it does establish the presence of mental disorders. Do not discount the anxiety; it is "covered" by IDEA.</p><p></p><p>It is true that IDEA explicitly excludes "social maladjustment," but most professionals believe this non-diagnosis is just a SD dodge to avoid serving poor and minority youth. </p><p></p><p>It is really unfair because when I deal with SDs such as my own (very well-financed suburban district), no professional would DARE utter the words "socially maladjusted." When I am in Chicago, I hear the words all the time. CPS are over 85% minority--no surprise that the SD is using the social mal excuse.</p><p></p><p>I teach my students that there is no professionally responsible reason to use this label. Your SD is lying to you in my opinion and you need to advocate strongly.</p><p></p><p>First you need an IEE and second, you need to IMMEDIATELY by certified mail dispute the use of the words "social maladjustment," and indicate that your difficult child's treating psychiatrist has diagnosed ADHD, bipolar disorder and anxiety disorder, all of which strongly support the notion that difficult child has "serious emotional disturbance" that is interfering with his educational progress. Send this letter by CERTIFIED MAIL and ask for an IEE at public expense. It is important that you closely parallel how I wrote the above. It is the correct way to defeat a social mal argument.</p><p></p><p>Martie :warrior:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Martie, post: 12448, member: 284"] This is what I warned you of. I TEACH the use of the BASC-2 to graduate students and it does not produce a diagnosis of social maladjustment. YOUR SD has decided to equate oppositional behavior with social maladjustment. That they should do this is absolute proof in my mind that what they intend to do is NOT serve your son and then force him out via expulsion. Your son is SED for the purposes of school because he has the problems you have noted. A fair IEP team would qualify him. In addtion, there is a parallel diagnosis system using the DSM-IV-TR. Having a DSM diagnosis does not automatically guarantee qualification under IDEA but it does establish the presence of mental disorders. Do not discount the anxiety; it is "covered" by IDEA. It is true that IDEA explicitly excludes "social maladjustment," but most professionals believe this non-diagnosis is just a SD dodge to avoid serving poor and minority youth. It is really unfair because when I deal with SDs such as my own (very well-financed suburban district), no professional would DARE utter the words "socially maladjusted." When I am in Chicago, I hear the words all the time. CPS are over 85% minority--no surprise that the SD is using the social mal excuse. I teach my students that there is no professionally responsible reason to use this label. Your SD is lying to you in my opinion and you need to advocate strongly. First you need an IEE and second, you need to IMMEDIATELY by certified mail dispute the use of the words "social maladjustment," and indicate that your difficult child's treating psychiatrist has diagnosed ADHD, bipolar disorder and anxiety disorder, all of which strongly support the notion that difficult child has "serious emotional disturbance" that is interfering with his educational progress. Send this letter by CERTIFIED MAIL and ask for an IEE at public expense. It is important that you closely parallel how I wrote the above. It is the correct way to defeat a social mal argument. Martie [img]:warrior:[/img] [/QUOTE]
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