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EducationallyPsyched Bilingual School Psychologist

06/07/2026

Happy 6/7 to those who are very excited to not have to celebrate 😆 #67

Just for fun after I realized what the date was today 😆😆😆 #67
06/07/2026

Just for fun after I realized what the date was today 😆😆😆 #67

06/07/2026

A fun little discussion to break up the more serious talks we’ve been having on this page lately! Respond in the comments what you use for your email sign off and why! ⬇️

06/06/2026

As a follow up to my last post, here is a more in depth review of the landmark special education Larry P. Vs Riles Lawsuit.

Make sure to “like” and/or follow so the algorithm takes you back here for part two, where I’ll explain more about where we’re at today with using IQ tests with Black students in California.

A follow up post from my last video to further explain the details and timeline surrounding the landmark special educati...
06/05/2026

A follow up post from my last video to further explain the details and timeline surrounding the landmark special education case: Larry P. Vs. Riles 👩🏽‍⚖️

This case is so interesting to me because although it happened in the 1970s, it’s still widely discussed and impacting our work as school psychologists to this day.

Our state organization, the California Association of School Psychologists (CASP) has put out two main statements in the past decade strongly urging for the California Department of Education to (CDE) to make a statement to make clear that this ban on IQ tests for all Black students for any special education evaluation is too broad and outdated 👎🏼

I want to give the proper time and energy to explaining why CASP feels this way, so I’ll make a follow up video explaining the key arguments ❤️

We started a great discussion in the comments of the last video, so let’s continue it here ⬇️
✳️In CA, Is your district still giving you the guidance not to use IQ tests for any Black students, regardless of category?
✳️I’ve heard that in some districts they’re actually allowed to use the DAS or the CAS. If that’s you, can you explain why?
*️⃣And if you’re work outside of CA, what do you think hearing about all of this going on in our state?

06/05/2026

Since we’ve been on the topic of psychoeducational testing, I was asked this California specific question about testing Black/ African American students! 👦🏽👧🏿

Did you know about the landmark case Larry P. vs. Riles? 👩🏽‍⚖️I made a video about it a year or two ago if you want to scroll way back on my profile, but if it’s too buried at this point I’d be happy to make a new one- just let me know! 🙋🏻‍♀️

As a note 🚨our state school psych organization put out a position statement a year or so ago sharing that we SHOULD actually now be able to use IQ tests with Black/ African American students. I can make a video sharing what they said if you’d like! 🙋🏼‍♂️🙋🏾

HOWEVER, at least in my district, we still continue to test our Black/ African American students in the way I described in this video. If you’re in CA, have you started to use IQ tests? Or is your district still not? Do you test similarly to the way I describe in this video? I’m super curious to see where we’re all at with that so please respond in the comments! ⬇️

06/04/2026

Here’s how I approach testing Black / African American students for special education evaluations as a school psychologist in California! Any other CA psychs, feel free to chime in!!

06/03/2026

I recently was made aware that a special education advocate was using my visual score report handout as a “gotcha” to school districts saying that if they didn’t test in all “7 gs” that they didn’t do a comprehensive special education evaluation.

This was super disappointing to me because I created this tool to be EMPOWERING 💪🏽to school psychs to be able to better present and share results in a way that was meaningful to families. To have it seemingly weaponized against them feels icky to me 😖

But more importantly, using the form as a means of catching districts not providing comprehensive evaluations shows a lack of understanding of psycho educational testing ‼️

This video is to respond to this situation in the best way I know how, with education! 🙌🏼

👋🏼If you are someone who has used it this way and are seeing this video, please know I don’t make this video with animosity in my heart. I developed this tool with a lot of knowledge, experience, and care for IEP teams and just want it to be used responsibility.

Discussion question #️⃣2️⃣ for “The Kids Who Aren’t Okay” by Ross Greene, PhD Chapters 1-3. If you haven’t already, che...
06/03/2026

Discussion question #️⃣2️⃣ for “The Kids Who Aren’t Okay” by Ross Greene, PhD Chapters 1-3. If you haven’t already, check Instagram for the Broadcast Channel messages from today where I’ve sent out all three chapter summaries put up two polls. This is where we will continue our discussion more interactively! Please respond in the comments to the prompt and to each other! 🙌🏼

Our first discussion question for “The Kids Who Aren’t Okay” by Ross Greene, PhD! If you haven’t already, check Instagra...
06/03/2026

Our first discussion question for “The Kids Who Aren’t Okay” by Ross Greene, PhD! If you haven’t already, check Instagram for the Broadcast Channel messages from today where I’ve already sent out summaries of chapters one and two and put up a poll. This is where we will continue our discussion more interactively! Please respond in the comments to the prompt and to each other! 🥰🥰🥰

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