Re: Re: Re: Education/health testing?

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Will agree to differ. I will side with BCBA who thought P Scales vague and

meaningless in comparision to ABLLS. Interesting that P Scales will be

officially used for measuring from september. Wonder how the scales will be

tested when the scales are worded which are open to many interpretations?

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> Date: 2007/06/26 Tue AM 08:26:04 BST

> To: Autism-Biomedical-Europe

> Subject: Re: Re: Education/health testing?

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> Our local PMLD school uses P levels. People whose children use it praise

> it and the staff work hard, assessed and monitored a lot, work on

> target-setting, have a very involved and thorough head. I would think

> they can be used well (or badly) depending on other things really. I

> certainly agree they are not a sufficient indicator in themselves. Staff

> need to assess properly and use them. They can also give rise to

> pointless activity.

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> At this PMLD school I was shown round and a group of children were doing

> a play (about the Christmas Truce in WW1). The person showing me round

> commented that probably only one partic boy had any idea what was going

> on. That would have been fulfilling some sort of P level curriculum

> target. The person showing me round (a personal friend) was

> half-suggesting that I send Edith but I'm afraid I just thought what a

> waste of time for the children who don't understand what they are doing.

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> I think I've just made two contradictory points.

> xx Sally

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> Mum231ASD@... wrote:

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> > In a message dated 26/06/2007 06:00:54 GMT Standard Time,

> > mummysboytesco (DOT) net writes:

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> > P levels are pivat levels - Schools use them as a measure of

> > 'progress'. Each level is so broadly worded, not specific (and

> > therefore not a true measure of progress/learning) that in reality

> > P levels are not worth the paper they are written on. Parents

> > should be specific initially not to accept P Levels as a measuring

> > tool but unfortunately if schools are not obliged to 'prove' the

> > levels then they continue using them. Steer clear of any school

> > using P Levels as a measuring tool.

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> > >>By September of this year they will be required to use P levels as

> > an assessment tool. They are better than what we had before which was

> > nothing. Unfortunately we do not live in an ideal ABLLS world

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> > Mandi x

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