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On the social pragmatics - did the slp do an observation while she was interacting with a peer group? Sometimes the highly structured tests do not reveal all - especially social issues that get more confusing in an unstructured, complex environment. Many evaluators feel strongly that observation during in the classroom and in unstructured social settings should be part of the evaluation.

I'll add to Dee Dee's comment about schools doing a poor job of addressing social pragmatics. Even in the best of situations, if the child isn't coached to generalize the newly taught skills to daily interactions, the training might not have any real world benefit. Rick Lavoie talks about this in his book, "It's so much work to be your friend".

When the slp worked with her, it was in the hospital setting, mich, so no, there wasn't any peer group observation done. At the SCT meeting, they didn't even offer an educational evaluation because of her grades. We'll see what they offer Monday morning, and plan on bringing up an education eval if they don't.