OFF TOPIC- autism and intelligence testing

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Hey,

We are in a bind currently with our school district. The district is insisting

that they can only write all of Landon's goals, decide placement, and decide

services AFTER Landon has undergone psychological testing. We are not

consenting to this because we know that they have ulterior motives. They are

going to propose he be changed from a reg. ed. classroom to a segregated special

ed classroom. They also know that by law they have to have a current eval to

propose that type of change in placement. NEVER in the past five years have

they relied on IQ tests to write goals and decide placement.

I need to know how to access a study that someone has told me about in the past

that stated that children with autism do poorly on these type tests and that

these tests are invalid and do not truly reflect their intelllect, etc. Is

there such a study?? I think there is, but cannot seem to locate it on my

internet searches. Can anyone help?????

Let's not even mention the whole LRE thing. Our district has a totally

different definition of Least Restrictive Environment. That is a whole separate

discussion.

Please email me privately with your responses. mont@...

Thanks,

Trina