OT Evaluation

[carol]

I know I am new here, but you could be describing my last three years with my son's school. I am glad someone caught something. I am not diagnosing your son, but from what you have shared, his poor behavior is the direct result of his needs not being met in the classroom. He sounds very frustrated which really creates a domino effect for poor behavior. The school really needs to do a good Psychoeducational Evaluation on him and only then will you and the school have a better picture of what his needs are. I would be very surprised and red flags would be up if the school did not qualify him for services. Good Luck!
carol

[katiekat]

I received the report on Sean's evaluation and he does qualify for services. He will be getting OT 1x a week for 30 minutes, pull out. Their concerns are fine motor concerns, visual-motor skills and sensory processing skills. There seems to be problems with his writing, pencil grasp, ability to use scissors, posture, and fidgeting. It is all pretty easy to understand but I have one question. There is a section that is titled Test Results of the VMI and Supplemental Tests. It then lists the Raw Scores and the Standard Scores. Would the raw scores be Sean's and the standard be the average?

[rakuflames]

Mar 2, 2008 11:04:27 GMT -5 katiekat said:

I received the report on Sean's evaluation and he does qualify for services. He will be getting OT 1x a week for 30 minutes, pull out. Their concerns are fine motor concerns, visual-motor skills and sensory processing skills. There seems to be problems with his writing, pencil grasp, ability to use scissors, posture, and fidgeting. It is all pretty easy to understand but I have one question. There is a section that is titled Test Results of the VMI and Supplemental Tests. It then lists the Raw Scores and the Standard Scores. Would the raw scores be Sean's and the standard be the average?

No.

You can't tell anything from the raw scores unless you have the test manual.

The standard score is what you use. Standard scores are standardized to the normal curve. This means that 100 is average. 85 is significantly low, and 115 is significantly high. Typically it would be compared to the child's best estimate of intelligence (IQ) as that is also a standard score.

It's actually not terribly valid to compare test scores from one test to another except in a few rare cases -- but it's the best we've got in a lot of ways.

With any test that has subtests, the main score can be meaningless if the child has a lot of highs and a lot of lows. So it's pretty complicated.