Question on testing - BASC-2

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The school psychologist sent home a letter recommending a psychological

evaluation of

my ds. They need our consent for this and have also sent home a parent rating

scale of

the BASC-2 - Behavior Assessment System for Children, 2nd edition.

has a diagnosis of PDD-NOS from his developmental pediatrician and is in a

regular

kindergarten classroom with 16 other children. He gets speech, OT, PT and pull

out with

the special ed teacher. He is in his regular classroom about 1/2 of the time.

I'm going to

start pushing for a para (thanks to all the words of advise from you all on my

last post

about this).

My question now is what are they looking for by doing a psychological

evaluation?

Is there any risk of the school giving less services, or trying to put him in a

special ed

classroom and not keep him in a regular classroom?

I don't want to consent to anything unless I know what they are looking for and

what

purpose it will serve. I want to make sure that the school is not doing

something that will

serve THEIR best needs and not serve 's needs. I don't think this is the

angle they are

going for, but I want to have my guard up and be totally prepared for anything.

Does anyone know what specifically a psychological evaluation looks for?

TIA

Janna