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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 651553" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Although I agree it was inappropriate, if your granddaughter is doing poorly in school, she needs help and that is the most important issue, in my opinion. I adopted a child who was born with cocaine in his system and he is on the autism spectrum. We are lucky it did not turn out even worse. Since your grand is only six years old it is not uncommon for kindergarten to go ok then later on the problems show. My son did great in kindergarten, although he HAD been getting services all along and I think that helped him. But he still hit a roadblock later along the way. It is the norm that you are told about Title I, but it's not a big deal. A lot of kids are in it. My son and daughter both were and she was NOT born with drugs in her system. She was justa learning disabled kid and the school caught it, thankfully. I was grateful for the help. I can't imagine saying "no" to Title One. In my daughter's case she needed to move into a Spec. Ed reading class in order to learn to read. Title I wasn't enough. And she's in college now and doing fine. It really did help her a lot. Helped my son too.</p><p></p><p>If your daughter did meth while pregnant, so did your granddaughter and it makes sense, although it's sad, that she is struggling in school. The drugs they take, usually with alcohol (which can cause brain damage) unfortunately causes the children to have more challenges than if the child had been taken care of well pre-birth.</p><p></p><p>I would not trust the school district to do any testing though. I have had very bad luck with school district testing. I mean, they HAVE to do it for your granddaughter to get services, but I'd get a private neuropsychologist appointment as well. Usually the private evaluations are longer, more intensive, more thoughtful and more accurate.</p><p></p><p>Wishing you lots of luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 651553, member: 1550"] Although I agree it was inappropriate, if your granddaughter is doing poorly in school, she needs help and that is the most important issue, in my opinion. I adopted a child who was born with cocaine in his system and he is on the autism spectrum. We are lucky it did not turn out even worse. Since your grand is only six years old it is not uncommon for kindergarten to go ok then later on the problems show. My son did great in kindergarten, although he HAD been getting services all along and I think that helped him. But he still hit a roadblock later along the way. It is the norm that you are told about Title I, but it's not a big deal. A lot of kids are in it. My son and daughter both were and she was NOT born with drugs in her system. She was justa learning disabled kid and the school caught it, thankfully. I was grateful for the help. I can't imagine saying "no" to Title One. In my daughter's case she needed to move into a Spec. Ed reading class in order to learn to read. Title I wasn't enough. And she's in college now and doing fine. It really did help her a lot. Helped my son too. If your daughter did meth while pregnant, so did your granddaughter and it makes sense, although it's sad, that she is struggling in school. The drugs they take, usually with alcohol (which can cause brain damage) unfortunately causes the children to have more challenges than if the child had been taken care of well pre-birth. I would not trust the school district to do any testing though. I have had very bad luck with school district testing. I mean, they HAVE to do it for your granddaughter to get services, but I'd get a private neuropsychologist appointment as well. Usually the private evaluations are longer, more intensive, more thoughtful and more accurate. Wishing you lots of luck! [/QUOTE]
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