Psy.-eval.??

Question

My stepdaughter is in Special Ed for math.She currently is in the 6th grade.She works w/ a Occupational Therapist but lately has not been going because of scheduling problems and her not remembering to go on Friday afternoons.She has an IEP meeting coming up next week w/ myself and her teachers.I noticed that 2 boxes are marked-Develop/Review/Revise IEP and Other-PSY.-EVAL. What does PSY.-EVAL. mean????Do they think she is crazy?At her last progress report meeting they said she was doing great.

She does have ADD.

Answer 1

First question I can answer is psy-eval is short for psychological evaluation.

Second question I can answer is no, they do not think she is crazy. ADD (attention deficit disorder) is a psychological illness.

Now on to the more difficult issues plaguing you. I am trying to figure out if your daughter is in special education for math or if it is due to her ADD. My guess is the latter, and the ADD has adversely effected her math performance. To know for sure, refer to "Present Level of Educational Performance" under the program section of the IEP. It is essential you understand exactly why your step-daughter is receiving special education services.

There are a couple of possible reasons why you may have had those boxes checked. From the limited information you have given, I cannot determine which one it is. 1) Evaluations must be done every three years. It may just be time for a re-evaulation. After the evaluation is done, the IEP team will review the results and review the IEP to see if it still meets the child's needs. 2) The child may not be making progress or there are problems that the school would like to run tests regarding. I seriously doubt this one, as you would probably already be aware that something is not going right. However, they may be planning to approach you with symptoms they are seeing and ask you for permission to further evaluate.

The only way to know for sure is to attend the meeting. Always remember, you do not have to agree to anything that day. In fact, unless this a routine three year re-eval, I would just listen to what they say, maybe take notes if you can, go home and talk to your step-daughter and decide what to do.

Good luck to you.

Answer 2

Federal law mandates annual IEP meetings.
The new IEP is either going to be "developed", "revised" or "reviewed" This is to assure that new goals are set and goals not mastered, discussed and revised.
Psychologists and psychiatrists are two different people. In your case the school has a psychologist: whose only job these days is to test. They are trained to give and analyze standardized tests which then they will go over with you. They are required to ask permission to test in writing first. Perhaps they are going to request that permission. Either way the "team" of teachers MAY decide she is either showing good improvement or poor improvement and want to compare data from 3 years ago. It is not uncommon, although not mandatory, to test at 3 yr intervals. You can't test in-depth every year, as the kid would learn the test and then it would not be valid.
None of the tests commonly used test for "craziness" THAT kind of testing is done outside of schools by a psychiatrist.
The REAL concern you should have is why has her schedule been messed up? That is OUT of compliance with her old IEP. Why aren't they calling her over the intercom or phone the teacher to send her to Occupational therapy??
( just step-mother to step-mother, where is her Dad in all this? or are you doing it all for him?!)
been there!

Answer 3

The forms for IEPs are used for so MANY things. Dyslexia, disgraphia, discalcula...

Ask questions! As a parent you have the right to know and understand everything on your child's IEP. Ask what eval they are talking about. It really can mean any thing from Emotionally Disturbed to Learning Disabled, which is an almost too general a term for developmentally delayed.

I would work on a reward system or other something to trigger her memory for Friday afternoon OT.

Answer 4

A 'medical assessment' ought to be an ingredient to a psychological or psychiatric assessment ... the newborn is located in a 'impartial room' with some toys, and is 'inspired' to play with them on a similar time as 'waiting' ... yet there is and evaluator who can 'see' the newborn with the aid of a one way window and that could grant stable 'perception' into the newborn in a 'impartial' subject to tell in spite of if it relatively is the newborn who's having 'habit/emotional issues' and what those ought to be, or the 'determine' who's 'obsessing' over something that childrens do in many circumstances ... that's the 'medical assessment' and it is going to by no skill be refrained from the different aspects of the 'psy eval' which incorporates the two 'speaking' and 'testing' of specific issues, concept types.

Answer 5

Psychiatric evaluations are usually the Wechsler Scale, I'm not sure of the spelling on that.The test is the WAIS. The test shows if there are any delays, it can also point out possible autism among many other disorders. It does not mean your child is crazy. Schools do the tests as part of the IEP reevaluations. It's ok don't worry.

Answer 6

Coming from someone who has ADD and was diagnosed at the age of 4 and went to a special school for learning disabled children(Cove School) I have seen psychologists for much of my life in school. That doesnt mean your daughter is crazy. It's standard procedure to have that done to identify any problems since children with ADD can have other learning problems and not know it until they undergo this test. So don't worry your daughter isnt crazy in the least bit that's just specialty jargon they say when they use psychologists to evaluate your daughter's condition and what they can do to help improve how she learns through documenting any changes in her disability and the IEP will come in handy when she applies for financial resources to help her since her disability falls under ADA guidelines. By this law if the disability is documented it's eligible for any help that's available out there.

Answer 7

If your child gets special education services, she is likely labeled with a Learnind Disability, or an Other Health Impairment (due to the ADD). She had a psychological evaluation to be placed into special education. The school psychologist likely gave your child a measure of ability (IQ test) and achievement tests. It's all pretty standard, and they should have gotten parental permission first.

Every child gets a reevaluation every three years beginning with the initial evaluation date. The team needs to meet to determine if a full reevaluation is needed, or if the previous test data seems to be adequate. If she's been in placement for 3 years, or close to it, it's time for her reevaluation to be conducted. Review the parents rights as set forth by your state (you can probably find them on your state's department of education website) and you'll see it's legitmate. If the school wants to do new testing, they have to get parental permission first.

Answer 8

All that means is she is going to be tested by the school psych.Every 3 years in KY thet do this just to keep track of how the child is doing.She probably is doing great don't worry it is all part of the world of IEP's.

Answer 9

No, not at all. They just want to make sure all bases are covered in regards to her school/social life. My Mom used to be a teacher and the school psychologist was involved in all of the IEPs she did. It is what is typically done.

Answer 10

Psych eval's could mean many things. They could think she could have a learning disorder such as Discalcula (I don't know about the exact spelling).