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<blockquote data-quote="TeDo" data-source="post: 384911"><p>He has a "writer" (keyboard with jump drive) for taking notes every day in class and a program that puts his spoken words into written sentences that he can only use 20 minutes twice a day (when his SpEd teacher can work with him). There is nothing he can use (that I know of) to complete pre-printed worksheets that the teachers have students work on in class. I'm not sure where the trouble lies. I know an Occupational Therapist (OT) recently evaluated his writing abilities which I will get the results from next week sometime. I also asked that they conduct a DEWS evaluation (a test for Disorder of Written Expression) but they said they don't have access to that test and have no idea how to test that. There are times that making up a story is nearly impossible for him even when I am writing for him. Other times, if it is something he knows a lot about or can relate to, it comes easily. Cooperation from teachers is sometimes difficult to get. I am lucky if I get responses to emails wondering if he handed something in that I know he completed. I don't know how else to get the work except to go there and get the work from them. I don't want to be too much of a pest so I only go once a week. This IEP meeting should be interesting because I really want him to have a 1:1 for the writing issues as well as appropriate behavior in class. The problem has been that the principal and SpEd teacher keep telling me there is nothing in the evaluations that indicate it's needed. He's being kicked out of class for not working or being inappropriate so if nothing else, he should qualify for a 1:1 for behavior.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TeDo, post: 384911"] He has a "writer" (keyboard with jump drive) for taking notes every day in class and a program that puts his spoken words into written sentences that he can only use 20 minutes twice a day (when his SpEd teacher can work with him). There is nothing he can use (that I know of) to complete pre-printed worksheets that the teachers have students work on in class. I'm not sure where the trouble lies. I know an Occupational Therapist (OT) recently evaluated his writing abilities which I will get the results from next week sometime. I also asked that they conduct a DEWS evaluation (a test for Disorder of Written Expression) but they said they don't have access to that test and have no idea how to test that. There are times that making up a story is nearly impossible for him even when I am writing for him. Other times, if it is something he knows a lot about or can relate to, it comes easily. Cooperation from teachers is sometimes difficult to get. I am lucky if I get responses to emails wondering if he handed something in that I know he completed. I don't know how else to get the work except to go there and get the work from them. I don't want to be too much of a pest so I only go once a week. This IEP meeting should be interesting because I really want him to have a 1:1 for the writing issues as well as appropriate behavior in class. The problem has been that the principal and SpEd teacher keep telling me there is nothing in the evaluations that indicate it's needed. He's being kicked out of class for not working or being inappropriate so if nothing else, he should qualify for a 1:1 for behavior. [/QUOTE]
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