Anyone had school eval for Executive FuncI seriously doubt I will get it but if some schools DO test for it specifically, I can at least mention that in meeting! HAH so I asked for an afternoon appt for the Pre-Eval meeting ... and they give us EIGHT AM, early next week. Trying to throw us off balance, no doubt. (I'll fool them -- I have been getting up at 5:30 and will drink coffee the entire time!!!). And maybe bring em something like donuts (which I do not eat) to boot! Thanks, AGAIN, Dad. I will be looking into the book. Yes the scheduling thing was a power play ... I made sure and commented that, since it seemed so hard to get us all together, that time would be acceptable. I did not tell them any time or day was not acceptable ... knowing how they can be! As far as tests -- if you google, there is Target, BEST, CAMCOG-R, tons of em. There is a lot of debate as to how well they "simulate real life," etc. though which keeps it in the air. Probably best to keep the need for assistance on a nuts-and-bolts basis and NOT get into the engineering theory
Good luck at your meeting, and if there is a test for it, let us know what it is. Dysexecutive Syndrome... gotta love it... we name everything these days. Mikey has issues with executive functions... its noted in his assessment (prepared by our developmental pedi.). We did the BRIEF. We have never had an executive function test given to either son. I found out about them after my district got through giving us "the business".The book "The Source for Development of Executive Functions" from LinguiSystems has a review of executive function tests. Since I am not a psych it is probably not a good idea for me to recommend one and you might want to chose one based on knowledge of your child. This book is written for school psychologists so its pretty readable. For 6-18 years some of the the names are: Behavioral Assessment of Dysexecutive Syndrome in Children (BADS-C) Dysexecutive Questionnaire (part of the BADS-C) Test of Everyday Attention for Children (TEA-C) and Behavioral Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) Problem I have is that my district has a habit of circling the wagons if a parent shows intelligence greater than a potato. So it might be well to pretend to not know that these tests exist but ask the right questions to get them to suggest them to you ... RE: Scheduling. We once made the mistake of saying that we definitely could not come at a particular time (since we'd be getting the kids ready to go to their school). Guess when they scheduled and held the meeting. Wife and I got into a disagreement about it. I still believe that we should have kept the kids out of school at the last minute and shown up unannounced to this "IEP" meeting, recorder in hand. We have since learned only to say when we can come in the most general way and give them 4-5 time slots and never say when we cannot come or why. Oh the games my District's staff likes to play. They have spent a lot of effort trying to ensure that we cannot come together. Thanks, AGAIN, Dad. I will be looking into the book. Yes the scheduling thing was a power play ... I made sure and commented that, since it seemed so hard to get us all together, that time would be acceptable. I did not tell them any time or day was not acceptable ... knowing how they can be! As far as tests -- if you google, there is Target, BEST, CAMCOG-R, tons of em. There is a lot of debate as to how well they "simulate real life," etc. though which keeps it in the air. Probably best to keep the need for assistance on a nuts-and-bolts basis and NOT get into the engineering theory [/QUOTE] There is also a book "The Special Educator's Comprehensive Guide to 301 Diagnostic Tests." Since it is pretty wide ranging it probably is not worth buying, but you might want to check a library. It has a page or so for each test in it. Unfortunately "executive function" is not one of the categories in the index. OHO! So some schools DO test for it!
My schoo lwould claim not to know the BRIEF from their ... Briefs! No, the SCHOOL didn't test for it (the school he attended wouldn't do anything at all as he'd passed standardized testing-barely-and was within a grade of grade level or above grade evel on most things). Our developmental pedi did this.[QUOTE=PhoenixRising]No, the SCHOOL didn't test for it (the school he attended wouldn't do anything at all as he'd passed standardized testing-barely-and was within a grade of grade level or above grade evel on most things). Our developmental pedi did this.[/QUOTE] SILLY ME for thinking so ... SIGH. |
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, though. I still want it clear to them I understand what is going on though.
