Thank you Leatherette.
Would these school psychologists, social workers, or any teacher be in trouble for suggesting outside evaluations of some sort? When I had concerns about my son years ago, I had
no idea who to turn to, since the school personnel didn't offer advice.
Once I finally got online, I could do research and learn what steps I needed to take. Unfortunately, no matter whom I'm dealing with in a school, they just don't offer any kind of suggestions.
We are starting different types of evaluations now with an independent psychologist. Starting with processing evals. Since she already had the run of the mill evals, he will be doing different ones. It'll cost some money, but what can you do?
He also felt she may be experiencing some adjustment issues. The move last summer has impacted her quite a bit. But, she always reacts in non-appropriate ways to a lot of things, iow, a drama queen. My gut tells me it has to do with her processing skills.....it's too much for her to process, and she ends up getting very emotional.
So, we'll see what comes up. The more I can understand why she is struggling, the more I can help her. Not once, in all these years, did someone from school go a little bit further to help. They did what they had to by law, and that's it. No compassion, no little tips, nothing. I was, and still am on my own with this.
You know what's sad? The last speech therapist my daughter had was just a joke. I told her that DD's language skills are confusing to me, that she seems to have poor word recall. Well, the therapist did find that she qualifies for language disorder to. She did the absolute minimum. Never paying attention to my concerns, until I did some research and I finally found the correct terms to use when expressing my concern. It's like once I talked like a speech therapist, I was finally taken seriously. It's sick, IMHO.
This fall will be school number three for DD. Let's see if I actually see some effort from school personnel who are more "educated" than I. I doubt it though.
It's interesting to me as to why so many kids now-a-days are struggling with issues. I don't think it's better evals or anything. I honestly think it's in the water.
So, I guess my email impressed her & the psychologist.
It is always a good idea to verify; there is always the possibility that people misunderstand policies or are biased.
The squeaky wheel gets the grease. And yes, ask for the testing in writing. that means it will happen. If not, they can stall, etc. I have a school that is downright pathetic when it comes to moving forward with a new referral. A parent this year put it in writing, and they were on that as fast as they could move. By law, the parent can request testing and written requests put the school in a position where they have to move on it in a timely fashion.
