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<blockquote data-quote="dadside" data-source="post: 284178" data-attributes="member: 5707"><p>Based just on what you wrote here, it is not clear that the teacher failed to follow IEP-specified accommodations because there was no mention of a particular accommodation for the thing at issue. It does seem that the intent of the IEP as well as your son's particular needs could have been given better consideration. I don't know that the law would require that every class requirement, such as typing a paper, be modified if your son couldn't meet them though. Still, an accommodation at this point seems in order and need not go against the high standards of an advanced class.</p><p></p><p></p><p>That your son has great difficulty with writing and that he sometimes is unable to do assignments that are novel or in a format he is unfamiliar with indicates an area of concern, but doesn't require everything be modified to accommodate his disability so that he can get top grades or even necessarily that he get to take every class of interest. The point is that I think you need to proceed cautiously, although with determination. You are looking for a technical modification of the way by which he can demonstrate what he has learned and how well he can express that. You are not looking for a lowering of the standard of subject mastry to be demonstrated for a given grade.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Certainly, at the 6/22 meeting you should see that changes are made to his IEP so that any similar situations in the future will be covered perhaps by letting him write (rather than type) the paper, even giving extended time and/or different space to do so. Preparing the paper at home seems out of the question to me though, notwithstanding your personal knowledge or lack of knowledge on the subject. (Also, simply as a matter of the world today, you should seek help for him in typing and computer issues. Those might reasonably be part of an IEP and the school's services.)</p><p></p><p></p><p>I think that the paper/report and resulting grade (and course grade) may take the principal's direction to the teacher or maybe even the Superintendant's direction downstreamed to get changed. I doubt that the CSE can do what it takes on that now past matter. If not successful at that level, I'd certainly take the matter up the line as Wise Warrior suggested.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dadside, post: 284178, member: 5707"] Based just on what you wrote here, it is not clear that the teacher failed to follow IEP-specified accommodations because there was no mention of a particular accommodation for the thing at issue. It does seem that the intent of the IEP as well as your son's particular needs could have been given better consideration. I don't know that the law would require that every class requirement, such as typing a paper, be modified if your son couldn't meet them though. Still, an accommodation at this point seems in order and need not go against the high standards of an advanced class. That your son has great difficulty with writing and that he sometimes is unable to do assignments that are novel or in a format he is unfamiliar with indicates an area of concern, but doesn't require everything be modified to accommodate his disability so that he can get top grades or even necessarily that he get to take every class of interest. The point is that I think you need to proceed cautiously, although with determination. You are looking for a technical modification of the way by which he can demonstrate what he has learned and how well he can express that. You are not looking for a lowering of the standard of subject mastry to be demonstrated for a given grade. Certainly, at the 6/22 meeting you should see that changes are made to his IEP so that any similar situations in the future will be covered perhaps by letting him write (rather than type) the paper, even giving extended time and/or different space to do so. Preparing the paper at home seems out of the question to me though, notwithstanding your personal knowledge or lack of knowledge on the subject. (Also, simply as a matter of the world today, you should seek help for him in typing and computer issues. Those might reasonably be part of an IEP and the school's services.) I think that the paper/report and resulting grade (and course grade) may take the principal's direction to the teacher or maybe even the Superintendant's direction downstreamed to get changed. I doubt that the CSE can do what it takes on that now past matter. If not successful at that level, I'd certainly take the matter up the line as Wise Warrior suggested. [/QUOTE]
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