Our school district just told us yesterday that they wanted to evaluate DS for ADHD (due to a testing experience last week, he doesn't even attend their school). When I asked them when DS could meet with the psychologist for an evaluation, they told me it was nothing more than a rating scale and made it sound like the psychologist wouldn't even see DS. It seems like quite a big thing to diagnose a kid with ADHD and rubber stamp him 2E over a survey.
Some school districts complete conners scales, or abridged versions of the scales, or if their could be other behaviors or questions they may complete the BASC or CBCL and will forward copies of their report to pediatrician or doctor...they don't actually do the testing or diagnosis themselves. Just share their report or evidence and the doctor then meets with the child to see what they are seeing.
