California OAH special education order · December 23, 2016
Order Admitting Student's Exhibit 85 Into Evidence
OAH Case No. 2016031019 · ALJ Dena Coggins
OAH admitted portions of the DSM-5 on post-traumatic stress disorder as Student's Exhibit S85 after both districts raised no opposition.
This case went to decision
Student v. Vacaville Unified School District et al.: Vacaville and Sacramento City Unified must fund 188 therapy hours for inadequate mental health support, plus make-up speech services and assessments. (2017)
Summary
During a December 14, 2016 telephonic hearing, Student moved to admit portions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) on post-traumatic stress disorder. Student's counsel gave copies to Vacaville and Sacramento that day, but did not give OAH a copy until December 15, 2016. Neither district opposed admission. OAH granted the motion and admitted the document as Exhibit S85.
Why it matters
Reference materials such as DSM-5 excerpts can be added to the hearing record mid-hearing when the other side gets a copy and does not object. Parties should still give OAH its copy promptly.
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Full text of the order
Published text of the OAH order. Page headers and numbers from the original PDF have been dropped.
BEFORE THE
OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of:
PARENT ON BEHALF OF STUDENT, OAH Case No. 2016031019 v. ORDER ADMITTING STUDENT’S
EXHIBIT 85 INTO EVIDENCE
VACAVILLE UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT and SACRAMENTO CITY
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
During the December 14, 2016 telephonic hearing, Student moved to admit portions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, relating to post traumatic stress disorder. On that day, Student’s counsel provided a copy of the document to Vacaville and Sacramento for their review. Respondents did not oppose the admission of the document. Student did not provide a copy of the document to the Office of Administrative Hearings until December 15, 2016.
Student’s motion is granted. It is marked as Exhibit S85 and is admitted into evidence.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATE: December 23, 2016
DENA COGGINS
Administrative Law Judge Office of Administrative Hearings