Guest guest Posted April 19, 2001 Report Share Posted April 19, 2001 It is time for Matt's 3 year evaluation. I met today with the case manager and classroom teacher to get my written consent. Because the school district's tester has no actual experience administering tests to a hearing impaired student, I decided to with hold it until I check with you all on the list for anything I should consider before agreeing. In particular, I am wondering if there are any modifications to the testing that should be considered, or whether there are any tests that do an espcially good job of evaluating a hearing impaired student. Also, it is my understanding that it is difficult to accurately diagnose specific learning disabilites in hearing impaired students. Is there anything special I should know about this? Thanks, LuAnn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 19, 2001 Report Share Posted April 19, 2001 Hi LuAnn, If they don't have someone qualified to test a child with hearing loss, then they must contract out to someone who has the qualifications. Try to find someone for them and present this person at team. LuAnn wrote: > > It is time for Matt's 3 year evaluation. I met today with the case manager > and classroom teacher to get my written consent. Because the school > district's tester has no actual experience administering tests to a hearing > impaired student, I decided to with hold it until I check with you all on > the list for anything I should consider before agreeing. In particular, I am > wondering if there are any modifications to the testing that should be > considered, or whether there are any tests that do an espcially good job of > evaluating a hearing impaired student. Also, it is my understanding that it > is difficult to accurately diagnose specific learning disabilites in hearing > impaired students. Is there anything special I should know about this? > > Thanks, > LuAnn > > > All messages posted to this list are private and confidential. Each post is the intellectual property of the author and therefore subject to copyright restrictions. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 23, 2001 Report Share Posted April 23, 2001 > wondering if there are any modifications to the testing that should be > considered, or whether there are any tests that do an espcially good job of > evaluating a hearing impaired student. There are a number of psychological, and language tests that have been designed specifically for hearing impaired children. I came across a listing of those tests about a year ago on the WWW, but can't remember where -- does anyone else know? I would agree that the evaluators - psyche, speech/lang, etc, must have experience working with hearing impaired children. Also, it is my understanding that it > is difficult to accurately diagnose specific learning disabilites in hearing > impaired students. Is there anything special I should know about this? Our 6 year old daughter has additional issues besides her hearing impairment. Based upon our own personal experience and the experience of several parents of kids w/LD in our district parent group, I am very hesitant to leave this kind of eval. and up to the school districts. While I think they're good for their educational 3 yr. evals, most of the school evaluators are generalists -- they know a little bit about all the various types of disabilities. Additionally, our school psyche told me that they cannot make a " diagnosis " - that is for the medical professionals. You may want to get your own independent evaluation and start out by seeing a neurologist - some of them can diagnose learning disabilities in addition to the the hearing impairment, ie: ADD/ADHD, and will be able to prescribe meds if necessary. If it's an area they don't specialize in, they can refer to the correct professionals. The neurologist we contacted advised us to get our own independent neuro- psyche evaluation. In addition to a very thorough, complete evaluation, the neuro-psyche eval will make educational recommendations. Make sure the neuro-psyche is also " educationally certified " , then the school must incorporate their recommendations into the IEP. A neighbor who is a retired school psychologist told us " If the eval. says she has to jump on one foot for a half hour in order to learn, then the school has to make sure that she does it " . The parents have said that it is well worth the money because it really pinpointed what their children needed and the schools have to provide it. Good Luck. Missy > > Thanks, > LuAnn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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