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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 403180" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Hmm, maybe she should take ALL tests alone or at least away from other kids and they should all be untimed. </p><p> </p><p>As for the results, find out if your advocate can help you understand them. Is there a university with a psychology and an education dept? If so, look for someone who teaches or practices psychometry (how to give and interpret psychological tests) and ask them to help you understand. Also google the names of the tests and see what you can find. If nothing else, try to find the name of the company that created the test and call them with questions. You should be able to find the CEO in one of the business databases like Hoover's Online.</p><p> </p><p>YOU are a member of the IEP team, so invite whomever you want. Get the therapist and case mgr to come with you, also the advocate. If the advocate doesn't have time to help because she is part time, ask about another one. Or have 2 of them. </p><p> </p><p>Also ask on the sp ed forum about these tests because someone there may know about them.</p><p> </p><p>The sp ed teacher's report sounds like she is getting pressure to not give IEPs no matter what, or pressure not to give your difficult child one, or she just doesn't want to deal with another kid on an IEP. Given the behavior that keeps getting your daughter sent home from school, and the reports of the other people, the sp ed teacher's report seems as though she is either the least perceptive person in the state or she is smoking something (used as a figure of speech - NOT saying she is using drugs). </p><p> </p><p>I'm sorry they seem determined to make this difficult. Why not look up the dept of civil rights at the state govt offices and ask if this kind of thing is something they might help on. It sure seems like they want to deny your daughter her civil rights - esp to FAPE in LRE - because the A means appropriate and having a sp ed teacher say she is "normal" in behavior is just NOT going to lead to an appropriate individualized education. It just isn't.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 403180, member: 1233"] Hmm, maybe she should take ALL tests alone or at least away from other kids and they should all be untimed. As for the results, find out if your advocate can help you understand them. Is there a university with a psychology and an education dept? If so, look for someone who teaches or practices psychometry (how to give and interpret psychological tests) and ask them to help you understand. Also google the names of the tests and see what you can find. If nothing else, try to find the name of the company that created the test and call them with questions. You should be able to find the CEO in one of the business databases like Hoover's Online. YOU are a member of the IEP team, so invite whomever you want. Get the therapist and case mgr to come with you, also the advocate. If the advocate doesn't have time to help because she is part time, ask about another one. Or have 2 of them. Also ask on the sp ed forum about these tests because someone there may know about them. The sp ed teacher's report sounds like she is getting pressure to not give IEPs no matter what, or pressure not to give your difficult child one, or she just doesn't want to deal with another kid on an IEP. Given the behavior that keeps getting your daughter sent home from school, and the reports of the other people, the sp ed teacher's report seems as though she is either the least perceptive person in the state or she is smoking something (used as a figure of speech - NOT saying she is using drugs). I'm sorry they seem determined to make this difficult. Why not look up the dept of civil rights at the state govt offices and ask if this kind of thing is something they might help on. It sure seems like they want to deny your daughter her civil rights - esp to FAPE in LRE - because the A means appropriate and having a sp ed teacher say she is "normal" in behavior is just NOT going to lead to an appropriate individualized education. It just isn't. [/QUOTE]
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