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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You're responding to me but I'm talking specifically about an evaluation, not goal setting. The two are different in my view. I have my problem with the school personnel drafting some goals ahead of the meeting.

However, I don't think it was right or fair that the shook personnel had a chance to go over the eval with th psychologist before the meeting. But I didn't. How can I be expected to get through the entire report in a one hour meeting? And then talk about eligibility? It's crazy! How can I possibly be ready to discuss that at the very same meeting?[/quote]

I agree with you 100% that parents need a chance to understand the report, and digest that information, before they're asked to participate in a meeting where critical decisions, such as eligibility, are made based on the report.  The best school psychologists I've worked with encourage parents to call them during the time between getting the report and the meeting, or even schedule 1:1 meetings to review reports before the eligibility meeting.  I think this should be standard practice, partially because I think that parents need to be equal participants in meetings, but also because I think that parents deserve privacy when they are processing difficult news.

I also think that most people who are trying to interpret a report, do so in the context of what they already know.  For gen ed teachers, it means that many of the questions we get when we first get a report are things like "Why do you see him as not qualifying for LD when he's in the same reading group as Johnny who has an IEP?"  or "When you say working memory, do you mean like Leo?"  For parents that might be the opportunity to ask questions that relate a child to a family member, such as "His uncle who has the same symptoms has X diagnosis, do you think he might have the same thing?"  In both cases there are confidentiality concerns. [/quote]

Thanks, PP. I'm the one complaining about this. I didn't know enough at the time to ask for this and it certainly was not offered even though I definitely expressed skepticism ahead of time about the full agenda for this meeting (discussion of report plus eligibility determination). And my not having the chance to discuss the report ahead of time with the psychologist certainly lengthened the meeting, because I have loads of questions about my kid. So it certainly was by no means a time-saving measure for the entire team. I had not heard of this idea until just now (that the parents would have a chance to discuss the results ahead of time.)[/quote]

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