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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is absurd! Nobody should be performing any type of behavioral or psychological assessments on your child without your written consent!

Report this immediately to the principal, sped director, state offices. Also request the licensing information for this psychologist and report it immediately to their licensing board.

Demand that all tests and testing booklets be turned over to you and not made a part of their permanent record.

Do all of this in writing and follow up in person. Hire a lawyer if you need to.
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Quit while you're ahead. If OP asked or consented to starting the 504 plan procedure, the school probably has the right to conduct a battery of psychological assessments. Conners is one of the tests on that list. The psychologist was asked to verify whether ADHD could be a reason to develop a 504 plan.

This is all to OP's kid's benefit.

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Federal law requires the school to obtain consent from the youth’s legal guardian before conducting any individual assessments.

One can assume proper informed consent was not given since the OP is livid that the test was performed and clearly didn’t understand the scope of the assessment prior to administration.

Somebody failed at their job.[/quote]

Ha ha! Yes, the OP and your good self, are failing a basic comprehension test. OP consented to further evidence gathering, the psychologist is merely doing their job. This is a standard test, one of many.

You have no legal leg to stand on. Do not talk of what you don't know. This is the SN Forum, most of us have been in this situation, and we're fine with it, because we understand how assessments work.

OP's reaction actually makes me wonder whether there IS a problem in that department that she'd rather not explore. No normal parent who wants to help their child get a 504 would balk at that sort of question. All the kid has to say is no. I'm sure my son said no when he was asked, at 6, 10 and 17.

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