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While diagnosis of bipolar disorder is not expected to fall within the duties of school professionals, psycho-educational assessment may be required for a child or adolescent with this diagnosis (or suspected of having this disorder) access to educational opportunities. School personnel must be capable of and prepared to engage in those activities. While a level of expertise is expected for psychologists in general assessment practices, specific knowledge is needed to engage in the psycho-educational assessment of students with a bipolar disorder.
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Hart, S.R., Brock, S.E., Jeltova, I. (2014). Psycho-educational Assessment. In: Identifying, Assessing, and Treating Bipolar Disorder at School. Developmental Psychopathology at School. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7585-9_6
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