What's the eval name for the acroymn SPED? Thanks!

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From: r_woman2 <me2ruthyahoo (DOT) com> To: Texas-Autism- Advocacy@ yahoogroups. com<b>Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 12:24:50 PMSubject: [Texas-Autism- Advocacy] Need

advice on

school autism testing

Hi all. Kinda curious if anybody has any thoughts on our situation.

Some background.. . The school district will be doing another SPED

eval (their initiation) on our 14yo son with AS, specifically to

verify his autism and get more detail. As you might imagine, I have

added some things I want to make sure get covered, and I have provided

input I want to make sure gets considered. It should be a complete

eval. His last school SPED eval was to check for LDs and emotional

disturbance. His current AUT classification (with a 504 Plan--no IEP)

is coming from our private neuropsych eval we had done. He also has

moderate to severe developmental coordination disability (DCD), along

with the usual mix of sensory issues, poor emotional control, anxiety,

executive dysfunction. No hyperactivity and no aggressive behaviors.

He is very bright.

OK, now for my question... Public schools are known for giving kids

on the upper end of the spectrum tests that are only appropriate for

kids on the lower and middle of the spectrum and saying they don't

have autism when they don't find anything. I'm not saying that this

is going to happen with my school district, but I'm curious if anybody

has any ideas on how to avoid this?

Since they should not do any testing without our okay, I figure I can

check out the tests and make sure they are okay. I figure I can check

out the credentials of the person doing the testing and make sure they

are really qualified. I can make sure there is somebody on the ARD

team that truly understands the test results (a problem in the past).

Am I missing anything? Anybody have any BTDT to share? It would be

great to get some heads up on what to expect from school district

autism testing and ideas of caveats to look for.

Thanks!

Ruth

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SPED stands for special education. I was referring to the " full and

individual special education evaluations " that school districts do to

determine the eligibility and needs of students with disabilities.

They can consist of just about anything, although they have to follow

certain IDEA guidelines.