no idea what this means

[lisacap]

I just received Justin's IEPO from the public schools and after reading through it and them basically having him has borderline retarded, which he by far is not, all the areas are saying the same thing..." Non-Motor Perceptual Skills....they are all saying he is having difficulty with this...I tried looking it up, but only found stuff about how they test. Can some one please let me know what this is, in a way that we can understand it...
thanks so much
Lisa

[misty]

I think JJ is right, but I couldn't find any better info than you did Lisa...They all explain the testing, but not what it is. You should call the special ed dept in the school district & ask them for a clear explanation.

[lisacap]

Thanks, I will call them on Monday, I want the teacher in his school to read through it as well before I sign anything...it clearly states,Justin has a physical disability a specific learning disablitly in reading and a communication disabilty secondary to his learning disability.. There are concerns about Justin's Occular Motor Skills & his difficulties with Non- Motor Perceptual Skills...so basically they way they are making him sound, is he can basically do nothing...I think I am just more upset that all this came back and it is way more than I was hoping to see....I will look into all this stuff more on Monday, when I can actually sit and talk with someone, they just called me today and said to come and get his papers, sign them if I agreed, or write on them what I am not agreeing with, but considering I don't know what half this crap even means, or how they tested him, I don't know if I am accepting or denying anything...I hate public schools here....sorry, this turned into a vent, instead of a thanks..but thanks for looking.

[lisacap]

Thanks Charlie, I just read what you found, and from what I can tell, or what I can see him do, he can do all the stuff on that page...he can write the letters, shapes, numbers, copy clearly and correctly off the board...I am even more confused now....I just don't get what theyare all seeing that we are all missing...

[charliegirl]

I think your best bet is to ask them what they based their findings on. You know how bright he is and disagree with that so you have a right to know exactly what his scores were that they are using to make their decisions and how they interpreted them. There are trained people on other sites we can connect you with who will look at them and give you their opinions so you know from a disinterested party what they really mean.

They said it was non-motor and copying is a motor skill. Can he do the rest without looking at an example first?

[lillian]

If you want to post your son's scores here, I will be glad to explain them to you, as well as I can. If you are not comfortable posting them here, then you can PM them to me.

[lillian]

Also, never, never, never sign anything from the school that you disagree with or do not understand.

[lisacap]

I have to look through his other papers that they gave me at his meeting I think to find the scores, the papers I have out now don't have the scores on them, just percents....thanks Lillian...

[lillian]

If you have percentiles, I can convert them to standard scores.

[lisacap]

It says...
Intelligence scale for children -IV, his overall cognitive functioning was found to be in the Los Average Range at the 23rd % . His index scores were: Verbal Comprehension 19% ( low average)
Perceptual Reasoning 18% ( low average) Working Memomry 18% ( low average) and Processing Speed 88% ( High Average) Visual- Motor intergration Skills in the Bender VIsual Motor Gestatkt Test were at age expectations. Acheivement testing under the Weschler Individual Achievement Test II indicated that Justin has significant phonological deficits and found a significant discrepency between his cognitivie functioning and his achievement in reading and writing, This discrepencey , his noted phonological weaknesses and difficulty with reading, spelling indicate that he has a specific learning disabilty in reading. Alnguage processing issues were noted in the classroom and in his assessments. On the Woodcock Johnson III test of achievment he had difficulty decoding and encoding words. He has a significant relative weakness in Broad Reading. His performance in math was average to above average in Mathmatics and Math Calculation skills. In his OT Evaluation, he showed strengths in hand development with a mature pencil grasp and the ability to cut basic shapes on a thing line. There were concerns about his Ocular Motor Skills and his difficulty with Non-Motor PErceptual Skills. Ot is services are recommended as difficulty in these areas could be contributing to his difficulty learning the alphabet and learning how to read. Speech Language therapy is recommended due to his poor overall language development. Sound substitutions and delayed receptive vocabulary ( 5.8 month level)/

Lillian, what they recommended for now is
30 minutes 3 times a week in Reading ( resource room)
30 minutes 1 time a week in Speech and Language
30 minutes 1 time a week in Occupational Therapy

I can pull the other papers out later and find out exactyl what the grade levels or age levels were
thanks Lisa