Reply to Autism testing by school without consent

Forum Index » Kids With Special Needs and Disabilities

Reply to "Autism testing by school without consent"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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. [/quote]

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.  [/quote]

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 [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics