evaluation forms?

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I just joined this group. I have a 13-1/2 year old daughter, and she meets most

of the criteria for Aspergers. Her principal and teacher are worried about her

social skills and isolation at school, and have recommended an evaluation. She

is extremely bright and creative, and I think that our suggestions of AS were

brushed aside at previous evaluations because she is a girl, and perhaps she is

at the " higher functioning " end of the AS spectrum.

The evaluation might take place over the summer, so I thought it might be good

to get comments/insights from my daughter's teachers now that I could take to

the evaluation. Can anyone tell me if there is a form that I might use to gather

this information? It would be great to find a form designed to evaluate teens,

not younger kids.

Thanks so much.

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Welcome, . I feel like you just described my life and my dd. We officially start the eval process in two weeks. If I come across a form in those travels I will pass it on. Good luck From: susan@...Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 15:19:03 +0000Subject: ( ) evaluation forms?

I just joined this group. I have a 13-1/2 year old daughter, and she meets most of the criteria for Aspergers. Her principal and teacher are worried about her social skills and isolation at school, and have recommended an evaluation. She is extremely bright and creative, and I think that our suggestions of AS were brushed aside at previous evaluations because she is a girl, and perhaps she is at the "higher functioning" end of the AS spectrum.

The evaluation might take place over the summer, so I thought it might be good to get comments/insights from my daughter's teachers now that I could take to the evaluation. Can anyone tell me if there is a form that I might use to gather this information? It would be great to find a form designed to evaluate teens, not younger kids.

Thanks so much.

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I've used a form in the past that was given to me by a private doctor making an

evaluation when my son was in middle school. It was for the caregivers and

teachers. It had some survey questions and a couple of short answer questions. I

handed out the form with an envelope so it could be mailed back to the doctor. I

never saw the completed forms, but I had more than one teacher tell me that my

son was fine and they didn't think there was anything wrong with him - My son

just needed to learn how to be more organized, needed to take better notes,

needed to be able to turn things on time, needed to be less anxious, etc. But

the doctor was able to look past the teachers' opinions and tell that my son

definitely had Aspergers.

I had three evaluations done by private doctors that said my son had Aspergers.

The school district did not accept them as being valid. My son had several

" evaluations " from the school that were little more than intelligence tests or

standard speech/hearing/vision tests given by whoever was available in the

office. He's very smart and his high scores on the intelligence tests actually

made it harder for him to get services. It took several rounds (years) before he

had a complete evaluation with input from the school psychologist, speech

therapist, behavior counselor, OT, and so on. And this evaluation was actually

very professional and thorough. Please ask who is giving the evaluation and what

the evaluation will consist of. Don't wait until the day of the test to find

out. You really, really want the school psychologist involved and want the

appropriate testing to be done. Otherwise your daughter may not get the help she

needs for another school year.

What I recommend doing is making copies of some of your daughter's papers,

especially the homework papers or projects that have comments from the teacher

like - Why is this late? Incomplete. Messy. Look for essay questions left blank,

comments about not being able to complete the work in class when everyone else

could do it... Look for notes or comments about talking too much or fighting. AS

girls sometimes have little motor mouths.

If you can, ask for someone to observe your daughter for one day. This was an

eye opener for me as I had no idea how anxious my son was between classes and at

lunch. The report commented on my son's appearance compared to the other kids

(hygene, clothes sense, hairstyle). The observations were really helpful in

getting the school to agree that my son really had Aspergers and that his

condition was impacting his ability to learn.

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I found your advice very helpful too. Thank you From: tamaoki_s@...Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 16:54:16 +0000Subject: ( ) Re: evaluation forms?

I've used a form in the past that was given to me by a private doctor making an evaluation when my son was in middle school. It was for the caregivers and teachers. It had some survey questions and a couple of short answer questions. I handed out the form with an envelope so it could be mailed back to the doctor. I never saw the completed forms, but I had more than one teacher tell me that my son was fine and they didn't think there was anything wrong with him - My son just needed to learn how to be more organized, needed to take better notes, needed to be able to turn things on time, needed to be less anxious, etc. But the doctor was able to look past the teachers' opinions and tell that my son definitely had Aspergers.

I had three evaluations done by private doctors that said my son had Aspergers. The school district did not accept them as being valid. My son had several "evaluations" from the school that were little more than intelligence tests or standard speech/hearing/vision tests given by whoever was available in the office. He's very smart and his high scores on the intelligence tests actually made it harder for him to get services. It took several rounds (years) before he had a complete evaluation with input from the school psychologist, speech therapist, behavior counselor, OT, and so on. And this evaluation was actually very professional and thorough. Please ask who is giving the evaluation and what the evaluation will consist of. Don't wait until the day of the test to find out. You really, really want the school psychologist involved and want the appropriate testing to be done. Otherwise your daughter may not get the help she needs for another school year.

What I recommend doing is making copies of some of your daughter's papers, especially the homework papers or projects that have comments from the teacher like - Why is this late? Incomplete. Messy. Look for essay questions left blank, comments about not being able to complete the work in class when everyone else could do it... Look for notes or comments about talking too much or fighting. AS girls sometimes have little motor mouths.

If you can, ask for someone to observe your daughter for one day. This was an eye opener for me as I had no idea how anxious my son was between classes and at lunch. The report commented on my son's appearance compared to the other kids (hygene, clothes sense, hairstyle). The observations were really helpful in getting the school to agree that my son really had Aspergers and that his condition was impacting his ability to learn.

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, you described my life exactly. I will write more later, but thank you for sharing.DeanaSent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®From: Barbara Pinckney <b-pinckney@...>Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 12:47:08 -0400<Aspergers Treatment >Subject: RE: ( ) evaluation forms? Welcome, . I feel like you just described my life and my dd. We officially start the eval process in two weeks. If I come across a form in those travels I will pass it on. Good luck From: susanbluemoonriverDate: Wed, 12 May 2010 15:19:03 +0000Subject: ( ) evaluation forms? I just joined this group. I have a 13-1/2 year old daughter, and she meets most of the criteria for Aspergers. Her principal and teacher are worried about her social skills and isolation at school, and have recommended an evaluation. She is extremely bright and creative, and I think that our suggestions of AS were brushed aside at previous evaluations because she is a girl, and perhaps she is at the "higher functioning" end of the AS spectrum. The evaluation might take place over the summer, so I thought it might be good to get comments/insights from my daughter's teachers now that I could take to the evaluation. Can anyone tell me if there is a form that I might use to gather this information? It would be great to find a form designed to evaluate teens, not younger kids.Thanks so much. Hotmail is redefining busy with tools for the New Busy. Get more from your inbox. See how.