school testing

[Guest guest]

Has anyones apraxic child been tested in the school system and labeled,

or classified multiply disabled. Based on test scores, and the tests

were verbally-based. Specifically, IQ tests, and educational tests.

I am feeling a little over-whelmed right now, and very confused as to

her testing. From the type of tests they used, how she scored, to

her " everyday proformance " in school, to what I see at home. She is so

inconsistant. But I just know in my heart, and gutt, she is

not " boardline MR " as they (the school) have said.

Any feed back is much appreciated.

Dawn in NJ

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I refused to allow the public schools where we were to test my son. I

instead did private neuropsych testing which was covered by insurance

because he was referred by a pediatric neurologist. This showed my son had

high normal IQ and severe language issues. His apraxia has resolved to the

point where this guy didn't see any motor planning, but then he hardly had

him talk and everything my son said was completely voluntary. I have plenty

of evals from an SLP to show he does indeed have apraxia although it has

improved greatly!

Now we're in a new school system and they are going to do some testing. I

have the private evals (which they accept for " information purposes " but do

not allow to determine services) to back up that he doesn't have MR despite

what a verbal test may show. The private eval was almost completely

non-language based (he did need to understand some verbal directions) and

had subtests from many IQ tests including the Weschler. Now I just need to

get the official evaluation. I just have his verbal findings and not the

written report. It was only done last November *sigh*.

I would suggest doing some private testings to get a truer picture of your

child. If you get creative you may be able to get it covered by insurance

as well. Both our private insurance and medicaid covered my son's testing

because of how the referring physician wrote it up and due to the codes the

neuro psych used.

Good luck!

Miche

On Jan 16, 2008 7:09 AM, jerzmomof4 <Jerzmomof4@...> wrote:

> Has anyones apraxic child been tested in the school system and labeled,

> or classified multiply disabled. Based on test scores, and the tests

> were verbally-based. Specifically, IQ tests, and educational tests.

>

> I am feeling a little over-whelmed right now, and very confused as to

> her testing. From the type of tests they used, how she scored, to

> her " everyday proformance " in school, to what I see at home. She is so

> inconsistant. But I just know in my heart, and gutt, she is

> not " boardline MR " as they (the school) have said.

>

> Any feed back is much appreciated.

> Dawn in NJ

>

[Guest guest]

Did you receive a copy of the testing results? If you do not agree with the results of their testing, you can request an independant evaluation that the district has to pay for. Also, you can get an outside evaluation and present their results to the district. If it is the Autism Spectrum, I would have trouble agreeing to the ED label. Pam :)Looking for simple solutions to your real-life financial challenges? Check out WalletPop for the latest news and information, tips and calculators.