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What is included in the evaluation?

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  • Rene Hackney
    Parenting Playgroups
    www.parentingplaygroups.com  
    (703)922-0044

    Originally a full-time preschool teacher, Dr. Rene Hackney now holds a Master?s in school psychology and a PhD. in developmental psychology from George Mason University. She trained at the Developmental Clinic at Children?s National Medical Center and for the public schools, teaching in parenting programs at each. She has also acted as a consultant to several area preschools.

    For the last four years, Dr. Hackney has owned and lectured for Parenting Playgroups, Inc, a parenting resource center and preschool classroom in Alexandria Virginia. She has offered workshops to a wide

    range of parent, teacher and social work groups during this time.

    Workshop topics include eight hours on positive discipline techniques, five hours on early academic issues and common issues such as sibling rivalry and potty training. All workshops provide well researched lecture, in-class practice and open discussion time. Additionally she hosts a monthly parenting focused book club and fun play programs to introduce the preschool setting to young families.

    Dr. Hackney is married and has two young children of her own.

  • What is included in the evaluation?

    In this video, parenting educator Dr. Rene Hackney provides information about the categories of special education, the process for evaluations and options for providing these services. This includes the criteria often used for diagnosing learning difficulties.

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    <p>Host: What is included in the evaluation?</p><p>Rene Hackney: It really depends on the category that they are looking for, for that child. There are services from as many as five or six different individuals, the psychologists, the speech language professionals, the social workers who may do a home study or interviews about that child's development and life skills. They are also occupational therapists or physical therapists often hired by schools to do evaluations. So, there is a lot of component pieces that all of those pieces are looked at together.</p>

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