Guest guest Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 There are 2 reasons under IDEA to do any evaluations: 1) determine elligibility 2) to help determine programming REASON #! the first question is - do they NEED to do the IQ test to determine elligibility? Only if they plan to make the child elligible under MR for the first time. If the child is already qualified under MR, ask if they really think things have changed to the point that the MR is in doubt? BEFORE you agree to ANY testing - ask to have a copy of your school districts elligibility criteria by category. It should list the category (such a Speech & Language Impairment, Specific Learning DIsability, etc). One of the things you need to llok at carefully - if there is a " rule out " under a category. Example - if it says that a child can only qualify under the primary category of Speech and Language Impairment if the impairment is NOT due to Mental Retardation. If so, you won't be able to get you child qualified unde S & L with an IQ test w/ a score above 79. I've heard of some people getting their kids qualified under OHI (Other Health Impairment) due to the chromosomal abnormality - which frankly makes a whole lot more sense. It's one approach you can try - provide the medical diagnosis, and test areas OTHER than MR. REASON #2 This is where you can really fight that the testing proposed is inappropriate for you child. All the IQ tests are standardized around a " typical " population... they are not accurate for determining the relative strengths and weakness of students in the bottom 2 % (under 70 IQ). ALso most tests are heavily impacted by language impairments. Even the so-called " nonverbal " tests (such as UNIT) have sections which are " language medicate " - i.e. involved the internal manipulation of langauge. They work well on a child whose language isn't English - ie is not impaired in his native languge. But there are important drawbacks to understand when testing a child with language impairments. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 they have mentioned OHI but arent sure what category she will go into ughhhhhhhhhh May God Bless You As He Has Us ~Angie~ ~~DREAM BIG~~ An extra little chromosome, that's all it is, you see. Where all of you were born with two, I was blessed with three. IQ testing & IDEA There are 2 reasons under IDEA to do any evaluations: 1) determine elligibility 2) to help determine programming REASON #! the first question is - do they NEED to do the IQ test to determine elligibility? Only if they plan to make the child elligible under MR for the first time. If the child is already qualified under MR, ask if they really think things have changed to the point that the MR is in doubt? BEFORE you agree to ANY testing - ask to have a copy of your school districts elligibility criteria by category. It should list the category (such a Speech & Language Impairment, Specific Learning DIsability, etc). One of the things you need to llok at carefully - if there is a " rule out " under a category. Example - if it says that a child can only qualify under the primary category of Speech and Language Impairment if the impairment is NOT due to Mental Retardation. If so, you won't be able to get you child qualified unde S & L with an IQ test w/ a score above 79. I've heard of some people getting their kids qualified under OHI (Other Health Impairment) due to the chromosomal abnormality - which frankly makes a whole lot more sense. It's one approach you can try - provide the medical diagnosis, and test areas OTHER than MR. REASON #2 This is where you can really fight that the testing proposed is inappropriate for you child. All the IQ tests are standardized around a " typical " population... they are not accurate for determining the relative strengths and weakness of students in the bottom 2 % (under 70 IQ). ALso most tests are heavily impacted by language impairments. Even the so-called " nonverbal " tests (such as UNIT) have sections which are " language medicate " - i.e. involved the internal manipulation of langauge. They work well on a child whose language isn't English - ie is not impaired in his native languge. But there are important drawbacks to understand when testing a child with language impairments. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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