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She did not have the Conners or the other test you mentioned. I will ask her neuropsychologist about those tests when I call her this morning. She had a ton of other tests, two pages of other tests, but I did not see those on the list.

Sadly, she had a meltdown in class on Friday and hit another child.

It was the end of the second week of school. Our daughter refused to work on the letter "H" any more. The substitute said she had to do so, and our daughter began to cry. When she started to cry, a little boy, the same boy who called her fat the week before, started mimicking her crying.

The girl next to her started to laugh at her, and our dd took her pencil and poked the girl next to her in anger. (this series of events was described by the substitute and our daughter and was very consistent, so probably pretty close to what happened).

After that, our daughter was sent to the principal's office to work it out with the girl she poked with the pencil.

She is insisting on going back to school, but she was sick today with a bad cold so I am keeping her home.

The homework for the weekend -- the numbers 11 and 12.

Treasuremapper, FYI, the ADOS is a social interaction and communication test that helps determine whether a person is on the spectrum or not. If the neuropsych didn't give it, I'm wondering on what basis they made their judgment.

DeeDee

http://www.agre.org/program/aboutadosg.cfm

DeeDee, I just looked it up. I will definitely ask her why she did not administer it.

WISC-IV
Conners Continuous Performance Test (sorry, she did take it)
Wisconsin Card Sorting Test
Wide Range Assessment of Memory and Learning (WRAML-II)
NEPSY-II
Grooved Pegboard
Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration (VMI)
Social Responsiveness Scale
Behavior Assessment System for Children (BASC -II)
Review of available records
Clinical observation
Clinical interviews

Previous Testing through education department at local university
WJ-III, cognitive and achievement
GARS
BASC

But I do not see the ADOS!

I looked at the Australian scale linked above. http://www.aspergersyndrome.org/Articles/The-Australian-Scale-for-Asperger-s-Syndrome.aspx

Her total score was 32 -- the high scores had to do with gross motor skills -- 9, 23, and 24 gave a full 18 points, and the remaining 14 points were spread over the remaining 21 questions, mostly zeros and ones and an occasional two.

She had several on the unusual characteristics under (a) ticked off, mostly noisy crowded places and articles of clothing (she has sensory integration disorder, mostly vestibular and auditory, so this is not a surprise).

I also checked off (c) - lack of sensitivity to low levels of pain, but she seems more sensitive now than she did as a baby.

Thank you for your help.

Treasuremapper, the other thing that can be very useful is the Vineland scale of adaptive behaviors. That can be very telling-- it pinpoints areas where a person is not on target with social, communication, and basic life skills.

The testing your neuropsych did doesn't seem to me to be well targeted for confirming OR ruling out autism spectrum disorders.

DeeDee

Thank you so much, DeeDee. I will ask her about those tests when I call her today.

If your child has been reading Harry Potter and is now in a class learning the letter H and numbers 1-10, it must be torture for her to sit through the day like that. Her brain must feel numb and it must be very frustrating.

I don't know how much a person can stand that...

It is great that you are doing what you can to help your DD. Keep at it. Don't give up. Come back here to vent if you need to. Best wishes!

I'm waiting to hear when the Tester is calling the school to protest the poor fit between your daughter's learning needs and the classroom.

Are there any alternatives to this particular school?

Sorry to hear about the pencil poking.
Grinity