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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For his 504 evaluation. It is called the Conners. The survey asked questions like "have you ever sexually forced someone to do something" or "have you used a weapon against someone?" I am livid. Do I complain to the principal? DC is 9, third grade.[/quote]

I can definitely understand why OP is upset. Third grade is very young. I don't think I understood what it means to force someone to do something sexually at that age. That is a big topic to throw on a survey without knowledge of the parents. And I could see some innocent kid saying "yes" because they made their Barbies have sex or something. I would not like this at all.[/quote]

NP - you and the OP may not like it, but please know that using validated measures, like the Conners, require that they administer the entire questionnaire to everyone.  You don’t pick and choose which questions might apply to a given kid.  These questions are not personal.

It’s fine to complain about the consent process - because this should have been explained to the OP and, moreover, her child should have given assent.  That’s a different issue.  But you can’t cherry pick measures based on what offends your sensibilities, at least, not if your main goal is helping your kid.[/quote]

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