All T hing s E xo tic !! Clinic a l Dia g nosis of Me nta l - PDF document

1 2 All T hing s E xo tic !! Clinic a l Dia g nosis of Me nta l Disorde rs Disc e rning Outside Dia g no sis(e s) Unde r vs. Artic le 7 E lig ib ility Artic le 7 Spe c ia l E duc a tion E lig ibility: De te r mining e ligibility for spe c ial e duc ation se r vic e s? PRE SE NT E D BY: MONI CA J. CONRAD, M.A., J.D DR. JUL I E ST E CK , PH.D, HSPP L E WI S K APPE S CHI L DRE N’ S RE SOURCE GROUP 3 4 Sc e na rio: Ba c kg round informa tion � Sixth g ra de g e ne ra l e duc a tio n stude nt, Ja ne , ha s b e e n g e tting into tro ub le a t � T he Dia g no stic a nd Sta tistic a l Ma nua l o f Me nta l Diso rde rs ( DSM- 5 ) is a sc ho o l la te ly. She ha s a n a ttitude to wa rd he r te a c he r a nd ha s b e e n te lling he r ma nua l use d b y me nta l he a lth pro fe ssio na ls to c linic a lly dia g no se te a c he r “no ” whe ne ve r she a sks he r to do so me thing . As a re sult, Ja ne e a rne d me nta l diso rde rs de te ntio n five time s in the mo nth o f Ja nua ry—ma inly fo r “no t fo llo wing � Ma ke dia g no sis b y c he c king o ff c rite ria – a sse ssme nt pro c e ss va rie s instruc tio ns” a nd “ta lking b a c k” to a dults in the b uilding . On F e b rua ry 1 st , Ja ne ’ s wide ly (ie . c linic a l judg me nt) mo the r info rms the sc ho o l tha t Ja ne ha s b e e n c linic a lly dia g no se d with “o ppo sitio na l de fia nc e diso rde r” a nd sa ys tha t Ja ne will b e ne e ding spe c ia l � Artic le 7 (pa rt 41) e sta b lishe s e lig ib ility c rite ria fo r spe c ia l e duc a tio n e duc a tio n se rvic e s b e c a use o f he r ne wfo und e lig ib ility. e lig ib ility c a te g o rie s � Ma ke e lig ib ility de te rmina tio n using e lig ib ility c rite ria AND a n How many of you have had a similar situation happe n: a pare nt info rms the sc ho o l a sse ssme nt pro c e ss that the ir c hild has be e n diagno se d by a do c to r/ psyc ho lo gist and want the ir c hild to re c e ive spe c ial e duc atio n se rvic e s? HOW DO T HE SE E L IGIBIL IT Y CRIT E RIA AL IGN? 5 6 L E GAL K E YS T O DI F F E RE NT I AT E D DI AGNOSI S Unde r Artic le 7 � (e ) T he pub lic a g e nc y must e sta b lish, ma inta in, a nd imple me nt pro c e dure s to e nsure the fo llo wing : (1) Asse ssme nts a nd o the r e va lua tio n ma te ria ls a re a s fo llo ws: …(C) Use d E motiona l Disa bilitie s fo r the purpo se s fo r whic h the a sse ssme nts o r me a sure s a re va lid a nd re lia ble …(E ) T e c hnic a lly so und instrume nts tha t ma y a sse ss the re la tive c o ntrib utio ns o f c o g nitive a nd b e ha vio ra l fa c to rs, in a dditio n to physic a l o r de ve lo pme nta l fa c to rs � (7) E duc a tio na l e va lua tio ns a re suffic ie ntly c ompre he nsive to ide ntify a ll o f the stude nt's spe c ia l e duc a tio n a nd re la te d se rvic e ne e ds whe the r or not c ommonly linke d to the disa b ility c a te g o ry in whic h the stude nt ha s b e e n c la ssifie d. � (c ) Whe n de te rmining e lig ib ility fo r spe c ia l e duc a tio n a nd re la te d se rvic e s, the CCC must: (2) not re ly on a ny sing le me a sure or a sse ssme nt a s the sole c rite rion fo r de te rmining e lig ib ility o r a ppro pria te e duc a tio na l se rvic e s.