I read this as a kneejerk reaction on the part of the school, and I would like to know why it was handled this way.
I am serious when I do say that this girl's epilepsy does not require her to be treated differently. She knows she has it and if she has seizures three times a week, she is probably used to it. The children in her class will get used to it too, but there needs to be some explanation and education going on. The liberal public school system likes to include everything in a "normal" classroom these days - mentally challenged, behaviorally challenged, homosexuals, and children with emotional issues, which require a teaching aid or other adults in the classroom. If these children are allowed to be included in the classroom, why shouldn't a little girl with epilepsy be allowed to be in the same classroom?
Once again, I am suspicious at the need to have an IEP for this child.
I don't understand why the parent didn't want to have an IEP.
One of my daughters has an IEP just to get speech therapy. She does not have brain damage (like her sister). She's top in her class. However, in order to get speech she needs an IEP. She doesn't have to have any testing except for speech testing. She's never had a psychological test.
The psychological test is mostly to find out if a kid is gifted or has a learning disability. My son did it because his teacher (at a private school) thought he had ADD. We had the public school evaluate him, and they found out that he actually had a very high attention span, and that he was gifted.
The psychologist is the one who performs any IQ testing, and that is what is meant when a parent says that they will allow psychological testing.