You know me by now Bonnie, if they told me I couldn't pull him out of school, I'd take it the whole way to the School Board.  If they still said no, I'd tell them "either you give me this time for outside therapy, or I"ll pull him out of school altogether and homeschool him".  Either way, I'll get what he needs!


Diana

Now I get a set of papers today from the school saying they want to do "assessments".  First listed is "Intellectual/Congnitive Functioning" being done by the school's Psychologist.  I liked her at our meeting, she was going to go into one of his classes and see how he interacts.  I suggested that she go into the math class, where he has the most problems, to observe him there.  Second is the "Academic Performance", for determining his academic performance in "math, reading, spelling, or written expression" using review of records and classroom observation.  This will be done by the Special Education Teacher.  She's OK, weirdly I got neutral vibes from her.  Last will be the "Communication" part, which they say they will access "how well your child understand and uses pragmatic language, we may use the following tests and/or procedures: various subtests of the Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language (CASL). This is being done by the person I like the LEAST, the school's SLP.  I got negative vibes from her when we first met, and I got many criticisms from her at this meeting.  I don't like her...and she already knows we'll do outside therapy no matter what they find (or don't find).

What is the CASL?  What does it test for, and what are they looking for? 


Diana