Psycho-educational evaluators and school staff are supposed to be on the same side. We all want to know what is happening with a student so that we can help him or her to succeed in school. However, depending on our respective disciplines, and our experience of the student, we might have different views of the information intended to support the student's optimal performance. In this workshop we will present the issues and difficulties that can arise from the dialogue between evaluators and school folks. We will also suggest methods to make the communication even better.

Eve Prensky, Ed.D. is a licensed psychologist, certified school psychologist, and reading specialist. She has worked in public schools as a teacher and psychologist and in private practice as a tutor and psychologist. Currently, she evaluates children and adults in respect to learning disabilities, attention disorders, adjustment issues, and independent-school admission, at the Center for Psychological Services. As Director of the Center for Educational Services she coordinates tutoring services and supervises staff.

Cecily Selling, M.S.Ed. is currently the learning facilitator at the Baldwin School. In her 30+ years in the independent schools of the Delaware Valley, she has suggested evaluation to many parents, read many reports, spoken to many evaluators, and shared the findings with many students and parents. She is a graduate of the Schools Attuned to Learning Variations two year training sponsored by All Kinds of Minds. Cecily has presented workshops at public and private schools and at several universities on the topic of learning differences.