Would you let you child's school keep a copy of your child's Neuropsych report?

[Anonymous]

Would you let you child's school keep a copy of your child's Neuropsych report? Is there any downside or privacy concern in doing so? I already shared the result with the school system. But they want a copy on file for record. Thank you.

[Anonymous]

We did. It went in his confidential folder.

[Anonymous]

Great questions, I am asking myself the same thing. I'm not sure why I don't want them to have a copy except I always worry that those that aren't familiar with the reports or needs of my child might not use it to our best interests.

[Anonymous]

I always send them a copy. Now in HS, I send one to the guidance counselor also.

[Anonymous]

Yes. Our school has a copy. Our school did the psych Ed eval when he first got an IEP and we sent them a copy of the neuropsych for the 3 yr requalification

[Anonymous]

If you want them to create an IEP or 504 based on the findings of the report, they need to have a copy.

[Anonymous]

Our provider is willing to write an abridged educational version for the school. I do not want them to have the whole shebang either.

[Anonymous]

We gave the whole thing - there wasn't anything there that I was uncomfortable with. However I understand that it's on a case-by -case basis and that some information is more sensitive than others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our provider is willing to write an abridged educational version for the school. I do not want them to have the whole shebang either.

Yes, we had this. And anybody who works with my DS is welcome to a copy. Not the full one though which discusses more of his developmental history and psychological profile and issues (in more depth than necessary for most people to need).

[Anonymous]

Yes. We always have DS evaluated outside of the district and share with his team. There is nothing in there we're ashamed of and found it to be incredibly helpful for his educators to get a complete picture

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. We always have DS evaluated outside of the district and share with his team. There is nothing in there we're ashamed of and found it to be incredibly helpful for his educators to get a complete picture

Same here. We provide full copies of all evaluations that provide information on academic and social functioning. I see no reason to deny this information to people I need to understand my DS's strengths and challenges.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our provider is willing to write an abridged educational version for the school. I do not want them to have the whole shebang either.

This. If you want a 504 or IEP based on the evaluation, they need the documentation. You can't have it both ways. And they do (or should) take privacy & confidentiality seriously. And you should want the people who need to know to help your kid (counselor, core subject teachers, potentially administration) to have good quality info. But there was info in DC's report that I asked the evaluator to redact on the school version. -- for example my severe PPD and a sibling's diagnosis. Also a medical diagnosis for DC that just wasn't relevant to getting services/ school. This stuff doesn't help DC at all in terms of getting appropriate services, and/was overly invasive of the privacy of other family members.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our provider is willing to write an abridged educational version for the school. I do not want them to have the whole shebang either.

This. If you want a 504 or IEP based on the evaluation, they need the documentation. You can't have it both ways. And they do (or should) take privacy & confidentiality seriously. And you should want the people who need to know to help your kid (counselor, core subject teachers, potentially administration) to have good quality info. But there was info in DC's report that I asked the evaluator to redact on the school version. -- for example my severe PPD and a sibling's diagnosis. Also a medical diagnosis for DC that just wasn't relevant to getting services/ school. This stuff doesn't help DC at all in terms of getting appropriate services, and/was overly invasive of the privacy of other family members.

This. And eventually as your child gets older it will become a privacy issue more directly. I am sure that if any of us adults needed medical accomodations at work we wouldn't just hand our bosses our entire medical files ... just the parts they need.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I always send them a copy. Now in HS, I send one to the guidance counselor also.

Me too. The school finds it very useful in working with my son and with understanding his abilities. Of course I want them to have it.

[Anonymous]

No, no, no. First of all, in DC this was just a major leak of all special ed students. No matter how they label a file, confidential or not, there is a chance for a leak. If your tester can give you an abridged version, great. David Black's team refused to give us an abridged version saying it was really important for my dd that the school have the whole report. BS. My pediatrician wound up writing an abridged version for me and I am still debating whether to give that or not.