Autism testing by school without consent

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Anonymous wrote:Schools have to test students in ALL areas of suspected disability. If they are doing any kind of assessment under social-emotional because they suspect ADHD, for example, and the tests indicate difficulty in socialization and there is a history of a student being tested for autism in the past then they need to do more testing to rule out autism. If they don't then they can get sued for not testing in all areas of suspected disability. It would be a lot easier for the school psychologist not to test. If you don't want your child assessed for autism then don't agree to any social emotional testing by the school.

No, that's not true at all. You don't open the door to all test just because you consent to social/emotional assessment. OP herself states that she was able to withdraw consent for the autism testing.

OPs problem seems to be one more of timing and possibly misunderstanding the eligibility process. She wanted to do the autism testing privately, which I think is totally understandable. Where she might misunderstand is in thinking that if she DID want an IEP for autism (if that was the diagnosis) that she could refuse the school's own assessment. I don't think you have the right to substitute your private assessment for the school's assessment, although they do have to consider the results of the private assessment. What it really comes down to is strategy and timing -- whether you think there's any advantage in having your private test results first.

Our school used the results and recommendations of our privately done neuropsych eval for DS's 3 yr IEP re eligibility. The school did not do any testing of their own because there was no reason and it saves them money. DS has ASD, ADHD combined type, developmental coordination disorder and a LD. He has always been fully mainstreamed in 4th grade now because that is what his testing results (including ADOS at Children's), neuropsychologist and developmental ped recommends. His school and teachers agree.

As long as your child has a full battery of private testing to submit to the school, you should be fine.

If OP does not trust

That's good. But I think that if a school district still wanted to do its own testing, you could not refuse and replace it with your own. I mean, you could refuse, but the result might be a denial of the IEP. They have to consider private testing; they don't have to take the recommendations.

You are correct PP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Schools have to test students in ALL areas of suspected disability. If they are doing any kind of assessment under social-emotional because they suspect ADHD, for example, and the tests indicate difficulty in socialization and there is a history of a student being tested for autism in the past then they need to do more testing to rule out autism. If they don't then they can get sued for not testing in all areas of suspected disability. It would be a lot easier for the school psychologist not to test. If you don't want your child assessed for autism then don't agree to any social emotional testing by the school.

No, that's not true at all. You don't open the door to all test just because you consent to social/emotional assessment. OP herself states that she was able to withdraw consent for the autism testing.

OPs problem seems to be one more of timing and possibly misunderstanding the eligibility process. She wanted to do the autism testing privately, which I think is totally understandable. Where she might misunderstand is in thinking that if she DID want an IEP for autism (if that was the diagnosis) that she could refuse the school's own assessment. I don't think you have the right to substitute your private assessment for the school's assessment, although they do have to consider the results of the private assessment. What it really comes down to is strategy and timing -- whether you think there's any advantage in having your private test results first.

Our school used the results and recommendations of our privately done neuropsych eval for DS's 3 yr IEP re eligibility. The school did not do any testing of their own because there was no reason and it saves them money. DS has ASD, ADHD combined type, developmental coordination disorder and a LD. He has always been fully mainstreamed in 4th grade now because that is what his testing results (including ADOS at Children's), neuropsychologist and developmental ped recommends. His school and teachers agree.

As long as your child has a full battery of private testing to submit to the school, you should be fine.

If OP does not trust

That's good. But I think that if a school district still wanted to do its own testing, you could not refuse and replace it with your own. I mean, you could refuse, but the result might be a denial of the IEP. They have to consider private testing; they don't have to take the recommendations.

You are correct PP.

Absolutely. "Our school" is a charter and it's own LEA so they can do whatever they want and they chose to go with the results of the private testing (which agrees with the school's testing done when DS was 4 (ASD/Asperger's) plus adding in a few new things like ADHD, combined type, and a LD in written expression).

We told the school prior to the 3 yr eligibility meeting that DS was getting a neuropsych eval and that they will be getting the full report thus the school never considered testing on their own: Plus we had the neuropsych come to the school to explain the results to the entire IEP team. The school consequently gave us all his recommendations in the IEP. The school and parents are on the same team since everyone should be working together to help the child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Schools have to test students in ALL areas of suspected disability. If they are doing any kind of assessment under social-emotional because they suspect ADHD, for example, and the tests indicate difficulty in socialization and there is a history of a student being tested for autism in the past then they need to do more testing to rule out autism. If they don't then they can get sued for not testing in all areas of suspected disability. It would be a lot easier for the school psychologist not to test. If you don't want your child assessed for autism then don't agree to any social emotional testing by the school.

No, that's not true at all. You don't open the door to all test just because you consent to social/emotional assessment. OP herself states that she was able to withdraw consent for the autism testing.

OPs problem seems to be one more of timing and possibly misunderstanding the eligibility process. She wanted to do the autism testing privately, which I think is totally understandable. Where she might misunderstand is in thinking that if she DID want an IEP for autism (if that was the diagnosis) that she could refuse the school's own assessment. I don't think you have the right to substitute your private assessment for the school's assessment, although they do have to consider the results of the private assessment. What it really comes down to is strategy and timing -- whether you think there's any advantage in having your private test results first.

Our school used the results and recommendations of our privately done neuropsych eval for DS's 3 yr IEP re eligibility. The school did not do any testing of their own because there was no reason and it saves them money. DS has ASD, ADHD combined type, developmental coordination disorder and a LD. He has always been fully mainstreamed in 4th grade now because that is what his testing results (including ADOS at Children's), neuropsychologist and developmental ped recommends. His school and teachers agree.

As long as your child has a full battery of private testing to submit to the school, you should be fine.

If OP does not trust

That's good. But I think that if a school district still wanted to do its own testing, you could not refuse and replace it with your own. I mean, you could refuse, but the result might be a denial of the IEP. They have to consider private testing; they don't have to take the recommendations.

You are correct PP.

Absolutely. "Our school" is a charter and it's own LEA so they can do whatever they want and they chose to go with the results of the private testing (which agrees with the school's testing done when DS was 4 (ASD/Asperger's) plus adding in a few new things like ADHD, combined type, and a LD in written expression).

We told the school prior to the 3 yr eligibility meeting that DS was getting a neuropsych eval and that they will be getting the full report thus the school never considered testing on their own: Plus we had the neuropsych come to the school to explain the results to the entire IEP team. The school consequently gave us all his recommendations in the IEP. The school and parents are on the same team since everyone should be working together to help the child.

It seems like some charters do a much better job of this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Schools have to test students in ALL areas of suspected disability. If they are doing any kind of assessment under social-emotional because they suspect ADHD, for example, and the tests indicate difficulty in socialization and there is a history of a student being tested for autism in the past then they need to do more testing to rule out autism. If they don't then they can get sued for not testing in all areas of suspected disability. It would be a lot easier for the school psychologist not to test. If you don't want your child assessed for autism then don't agree to any social emotional testing by the school.

No, that's not true at all. You don't open the door to all test just because you consent to social/emotional assessment. OP herself states that she was able to withdraw consent for the autism testing.

OPs problem seems to be one more of timing and possibly misunderstanding the eligibility process. She wanted to do the autism testing privately, which I think is totally understandable. Where she might misunderstand is in thinking that if she DID want an IEP for autism (if that was the diagnosis) that she could refuse the school's own assessment. I don't think you have the right to substitute your private assessment for the school's assessment, although they do have to consider the results of the private assessment. What it really comes down to is strategy and timing -- whether you think there's any advantage in having your private test results first.

Our school used the results and recommendations of our privately done neuropsych eval for DS's 3 yr IEP re eligibility. The school did not do any testing of their own because there was no reason and it saves them money. DS has ASD, ADHD combined type, developmental coordination disorder and a LD. He has always been fully mainstreamed in 4th grade now because that is what his testing results (including ADOS at Children's), neuropsychologist and developmental ped recommends. His school and teachers agree.

As long as your child has a full battery of private testing to submit to the school, you should be fine.

If OP does not trust

That's good. But I think that if a school district still wanted to do its own testing, you could not refuse and replace it with your own. I mean, you could refuse, but the result might be a denial of the IEP. They have to consider private testing; they don't have to take the recommendations.

You are correct PP.

Absolutely. "Our school" is a charter and it's own LEA so they can do whatever they want and they chose to go with the results of the private testing (which agrees with the school's testing done when DS was 4 (ASD/Asperger's) plus adding in a few new things like ADHD, combined type, and a LD in written expression).

We told the school prior to the 3 yr eligibility meeting that DS was getting a neuropsych eval and that they will be getting the full report thus the school never considered testing on their own: Plus we had the neuropsych come to the school to explain the results to the entire IEP team. The school consequently gave us all his recommendations in the IEP. The school and parents are on the same team since everyone should be working together to help the child.

It seems like some charters do a much better job of this.

You really cant generalize about charters. A few do a good job with IEPs and SNs, a lot of them do a really bad job.