I worked in a Special Education classroom setting with mild/moderate students for three years as an inclusion, resource, and self-contained teacher.  During that time, I worked with many wonderful students who all had unique and complex characteristics.  During that time, I realized that I wanted to continue to work with students but in a different capacity.  While completing my Masters in Special Education and Elementary Education, I decided to take additional courses to obtain my Educational Diagnostician certification.

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Once I received that certification, I became an Educational Diagnostician and remained one for five years.  As a Diagnostician, I was part of the evaluation team that completed FIEs (Full and Individual Evaluation).  My role during this process was to administer formal cognitive and achievement assessments, gather informal data from teachers/parents, gather state and district data, observe the child in the school setting, along with many other things.  I then would compile the data, write the FIE report, and make a recommended eligibility recommendation. In addition to this, I lead all ARD/IEP meetings, updated and reviewed ARD/IEP paperwork, completed triennial evaluations, consulted with parents, consulted with teachers and administrators, etc.

 

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