[blindkid] School psych & educational evaluations

holly miller hollym12 at gmail.com
Tue Sep 22 03:01:16 UTC 2009


That's the Rorschach test :-) **

The Bender Gestalt is educational based rather than mental-health based.
http://www.minddisorders.com/A-Br/Bender-Gestalt-Test.html is the simplest
explanation I can find so far.  I wish I could see actual examples before
the meeting though :-/

Holly

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 10:36 PM, Barbara Hammel <poetlori8 at msn.com> wrote:

> Okay, it's been 22 years since I had beginning Psych in college, but isn't
> the Bender Gestalt test a visual one.  Isn't that the one where the person
> being tested has to tell you what he thinks he sees in the picture and the
> picture is abstract enough to be seen different ways?
> Barbara
>
> If wisdom's ways you wisely seek, five things observe with care:  of whom
> you speak, to whom you speak, and how and when and where.
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "holly miller" <hollym12 at gmail.com>
> Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 8:51 PM
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> Subject: [blindkid] School psych & educational evaluations
>
>  Hi!
>> Recently Hank had his 3 year IEP re-evaluations done.
>> In reading the reports, I'm wondering how his vision could be affecting
>> his
>> ability to understand what was being asked of him & give the proper
>> responses.
>> It seems a no brainer that there would be some impact but since I have no
>> idea what the testing materials look like, it's hard to understand what
>> some
>> of the pitfalls would be.
>> At our next IEP meeting (Thursday) I'm going to ask them to explain & show
>> me the testing materials but I'd feel more confident if I can glean some
>> of
>> this info ahead of time.
>>
>> Hank is 9 and has Albinism.  His acuity is 20/200 paired with photo-phobia
>> and Nystagmus.  Which -for those of you who have been following our saga
>> know - in district & commission speak that means tossing him some hand
>> held
>> magnifiers, dark pencils and slapping papers on the xyrox to enlarge them
>> should be all he needs.
>>
>> Anyhoo
>> The tests in question are
>> Bender Gestalt
>> WISC-IV
>> and Woodcock-Johnson III Form A
>>
>> Thanks so much!
>> Holly
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