Ed psych response - what do you think?

[debs40]

OK, Ed Psych story continues.

She emails me today after I ask about whether she will be assessing DS or observing.

Her answer:

I will go around from table to table asking questions about children's understanding of the teachers expectations. This will help me to gauge the level of understanding of the majority of the children in the class. This will obviously include DS's understanding of the task set. I will also be looking at his reaction to instructions given by the class teacher and how he reacts to other children on his table. I may also ask some children if they can show me additional work that they are proud of, including DS. The aim is for my observation to be minimally intrusive so the child does not know I have been looking specifically at him. Hopefully this observation will give me information that I can work with in order to inform you and the school as to the best way to help DS.

Does this sound like a load of baloney? What is the best way to respond?

Debs, will SALT be doing an assessment?

Senior SALT did an assessment with ds and she really highlighted all the difficulties that others had been missing. If i had any doubts about whether ds had ASD, they had vanished after reading her report.

In fact i felt really sad reading her report, even i hadnt realised just how 'bad' his difficulties were and what he must be dealing with on a daily basis. I shed a tear or two reading it.

To think prior to her assessment, i was worried that she wouldnt see what i see, she saw alright, i was quite shocked!