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<blockquote data-quote="flutterbee" data-source="post: 183257"><p>I just got off the phone with the mom. She's coming over tomorrow and we're going to get started. I told her we're just going to take it a step at a time, i.e., first send the letter requesting a full evaluation. I asked her to bring all documentation she has so I can go over it with her.</p><p></p><p>I'm just trying to be prepared for what is next because I know this SD. However, they seem to count on parents not knowing the law and once they realize the parent has some knowledge it does seem to kick them into gear a bit. Notice I said, a bit. I have offered to go to the IEP meetings with her.</p><p></p><p>All I know at this point is that she tested at a 4th grade level in both math and reading (she's entering the 8th grade). They did the exact same thing with her that they did with my daughter....put her into a small group (5 or 6 kids) for math and that class has half the questions on the test and more time to take the test. They go at a slower pace. That is the only difference between the small group and the regular math class. And they put her in a regular Language Arts class except that the Special Education teacher is in the class with the regular teacher. Must be their 'thing' to do because that is EXACTLY what they did with my daughter. And they have completely different issues academically. Mom was told that with reading something along the lines of the child has trouble sequencing. The child has asked the Special Education teacher last year in LA for help and the teacher responded with, "K, I've explained it to you a dozen times. There's nothing else I can do." Yep. I heard that come from my daughter, too.</p><p></p><p>To my knowledge, she has no diagnosis other than epilepsy and I do know that she's been experiencing some anxiety and recently had a panic attack. I wouldn't be surprised if she has some executive function issues going on. I did recommend to the mom that she have her own psyco-educational evaluation done. Mom is living on SSDI so her only option may be to wait and see what the SD comes up with and then request an IEE if needed.</p><p></p><p>This is why I pulled my daughter out of that SD. I just didn't have the energy to do this with all of my health issues. Ugh.</p><p></p><p>Thank you guys so much for your help. I did pull some info off of wrights law last night. There's just so much to learn and I fade pretty fast.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterbee, post: 183257"] I just got off the phone with the mom. She's coming over tomorrow and we're going to get started. I told her we're just going to take it a step at a time, i.e., first send the letter requesting a full evaluation. I asked her to bring all documentation she has so I can go over it with her. I'm just trying to be prepared for what is next because I know this SD. However, they seem to count on parents not knowing the law and once they realize the parent has some knowledge it does seem to kick them into gear a bit. Notice I said, a bit. I have offered to go to the IEP meetings with her. All I know at this point is that she tested at a 4th grade level in both math and reading (she's entering the 8th grade). They did the exact same thing with her that they did with my daughter....put her into a small group (5 or 6 kids) for math and that class has half the questions on the test and more time to take the test. They go at a slower pace. That is the only difference between the small group and the regular math class. And they put her in a regular Language Arts class except that the Special Education teacher is in the class with the regular teacher. Must be their 'thing' to do because that is EXACTLY what they did with my daughter. And they have completely different issues academically. Mom was told that with reading something along the lines of the child has trouble sequencing. The child has asked the Special Education teacher last year in LA for help and the teacher responded with, "K, I've explained it to you a dozen times. There's nothing else I can do." Yep. I heard that come from my daughter, too. To my knowledge, she has no diagnosis other than epilepsy and I do know that she's been experiencing some anxiety and recently had a panic attack. I wouldn't be surprised if she has some executive function issues going on. I did recommend to the mom that she have her own psyco-educational evaluation done. Mom is living on SSDI so her only option may be to wait and see what the SD comes up with and then request an IEE if needed. This is why I pulled my daughter out of that SD. I just didn't have the energy to do this with all of my health issues. Ugh. Thank you guys so much for your help. I did pull some info off of wrights law last night. There's just so much to learn and I fade pretty fast. [/QUOTE]
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