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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What school does is not comparable, it's more limited in scope, and school based specialists don't have same credentials as a pediatric neuropsych practitioners, usually. Also school based staff have inherent conflict of interest - based on their conclusions school has to ration scarse public resources, so if something is subtle, it may not be included.[/quote]

Our school eval was basically identical to the Children’s eval. I don’t think they did ADOS though.  And disabilities are not “subtle” anyway. [/quote]

Good for you. But my child had a documented gross motor and small motor delay (by a developmental pediatrician at childrens) and the school eval didn't mention either one. Lower elementary age. [/quote]

did you get an OT evaluation from the school? we had an OT evaluation by an OT and the WISC etc by the school psychologist. We had gross motor done by an Early Stages PT earlier as well.

I have lots to complain about in terms of special ed, but testing isn’t one of them! [/quote]

Maybe you can tell us which wonderful school district/pyramid you're in, so we can all move there?  Because it sounds so unlike what I and many other parents experienced on this board.

Our elementary feeds into Pyle/Whitman. OT report had a different child's birthdate and wrong placement in it - a sloppy cut/paste job. OT said that skills weren't observed in classroom observation, but appeared to be there in a 1:1 testing 2 months later. During IPE mtg I asked to do another observation to confirm that the skills are now generalized in the classroom context and ... nothing.

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When the tester wrote that there skills weren't observed during the classroom observation, it means the child did not have the opportunity to use those skills based on the classroom activities at the time. Also, providers are not required to address generalization. If the child has the skill in the therapy setting, it is expected that classroom staff prompt them to use the skills in the classroom. Asking a specialized service provider to do so does not constitute specialized instruction and is not something we can bill for or provide...we provide specialized instruction, not reminders.[/quote]

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