1. The Evaluation and Labeling of Children with Disabilities
... informed that she has had two years of developmental growth in one year; however, her I.Q. has dropped from 74 to 70. At a recent OHSU evaluation, the entire staff agreed that she was developmentally behind one and a half years. During the same visit the staff psychologist said that she would never ... live independently. This makes me question the staff's credibility. Malia is only six and a half years old. She has, by their test, made significant progress. How can they predict where she will be in another twelve years? In reading de Bono's Thinking Course, where he recommends ... broa...
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