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<blockquote data-quote="Martie" data-source="post: 111314" data-attributes="member: 284"><p>You have a right to know what test are being used and what the purpose of each is. In the 7th Circuit only, you have a right Occupational Therapist (OT) the completed protocols as well.</p><p></p><p>In IL, you can consent to one instrument but not another (for example, I would never consent to school personnel administering a Rorschach Test---they are not well enough trained to do that.) However, as is sometimes the case, in my mind, I "cross" federal and state law, so I am not sure if federal law allows selective consent the way IL does. My elementary SD had a S/L pathologist "diagnosing" Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD). Only an audiologist can make that diagnosis. When this came up with ex-difficult child (which is absurd--he is a musician with all the auditory skills that implies) I told them to remove the references to this diagnosis or pay for an audiologist to confirm or rule out their "diagnosis." The issue was ex-difficult child was saying "huh?" all the time to teachers to annoy them. The idea that there was not a behavioral/emotional reason for the "huhs?" seemed absurd to me, but as is OFTEN THE CASE, when a SD needs to go outside its own staff and pay $$, they will back off. In some cases, such as mine, that is an advantage, because I didn't want to drag ex-difficult child to an audiologist (I was pretty confident because I am a professional in the field and easy child actually HAS a Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD), and it was clear to me that ex-difficult child did not.) Other times, SDs deny outside evaluations that are really needed and this is a problem.</p><p></p><p>You do have a right to know the qualifications of the evaluators and can challenge them if as Sheila said, staff are evaluating things they are not qualified to do.</p><p></p><p>Martie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Martie, post: 111314, member: 284"] You have a right to know what test are being used and what the purpose of each is. In the 7th Circuit only, you have a right Occupational Therapist (OT) the completed protocols as well. In IL, you can consent to one instrument but not another (for example, I would never consent to school personnel administering a Rorschach Test---they are not well enough trained to do that.) However, as is sometimes the case, in my mind, I "cross" federal and state law, so I am not sure if federal law allows selective consent the way IL does. My elementary SD had a S/L pathologist "diagnosing" Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD). Only an audiologist can make that diagnosis. When this came up with ex-difficult child (which is absurd--he is a musician with all the auditory skills that implies) I told them to remove the references to this diagnosis or pay for an audiologist to confirm or rule out their "diagnosis." The issue was ex-difficult child was saying "huh?" all the time to teachers to annoy them. The idea that there was not a behavioral/emotional reason for the "huhs?" seemed absurd to me, but as is OFTEN THE CASE, when a SD needs to go outside its own staff and pay $$, they will back off. In some cases, such as mine, that is an advantage, because I didn't want to drag ex-difficult child to an audiologist (I was pretty confident because I am a professional in the field and easy child actually HAS a Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD), and it was clear to me that ex-difficult child did not.) Other times, SDs deny outside evaluations that are really needed and this is a problem. You do have a right to know the qualifications of the evaluators and can challenge them if as Sheila said, staff are evaluating things they are not qualified to do. Martie [/QUOTE]
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