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> Does anyone have any experience of requesting an LEA to fund an assessment
> of needs and to have been refused?
The trouble with Ed.Psyc reports is that, normally, Ed.Psychs area of
expertise runs out at age 16 years. There are very few 16 year olds
at University. Of course, some Ed.Psychs have loads of experience
of the post 16 sector and their professional opinions are extremely
useful. Howeveer, most Ed.Psycs assessments were carried out
whilst the candidate was at school with the intention of providing
exam concessions so their usefullness as an alternative DSA
assessment is highly questionable.
Maybe we should ask for are assessments by Ch.Psychs actually
qualified in the age group i.e. Occupational Psychologists or jointly
chartered psychs.?
I know of one College, who shall remain nameless - but are reputed to
belong to a county south of Essex - who use £60 Ed. Psych.
assessments in applications for DSA support. The problem may lay
in the ability of Ed.Psych employed by LEAs to read meaning into
reports written 'in the field' by practitioners confronted with
desperate under-graduates looking for help (if not a panacea).
Note two East Anglian LEAs evolution of acceptance of Ed.Psych
reports and the undertstanding of uncertainty re the intention and
statistical basis used in preparing psychometric assessments for
clients (who subsequently submit them to the LEA for a DSA award)
that attaches to the views of one of them. Albeit, the adaptations
to take out RSA SpLD assessments mitigates - NB The whole thing seems
to be financial rather than scientific.
PS We are running one day 'Explaining Psychometric Assessment
Reports' seminars at Essex University during the summer.
Stephen Lancaster
NHC
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