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<blockquote data-quote="LittleDudesMom" data-source="post: 104315" data-attributes="member: 805"><p>I read your post yesterday and wanted to reply but didn't have time. My opinion is that in no way would I allow any school personnel, especially since the school has been denying services to your son, to sit in on the testing results. You said that you felt the teacher just wanted to "hear" the aspergers diagnosis - so what if she does want to hear it, wouldn't she believe you? You will obviously be providing the school with the written results in order to get IEP services in place. That's good enough.</p><p></p><p>I would tell the teacher that you have given it some thought, and since this is private testing, you would prefer this meeting be private. If there is need for further testing by the school, she is more than welcome to participate.</p><p></p><p>Additionally, I am a little confused by a few of your comments. You say that your son is too bright for Special Education. I don't believe you understand what Special Education is all about. There are children who have needs, not based on their ability to learn, but based on their style of learning. They need Special Education so that they can process differently. Some kids need Special Education because they need a smaller classroom enviornment to overcome school anxiety. Some kids need language arts in resource because they have a spelling disability, or dyslexia or dysgraphia. None of these things affect the intellegence of a child. My son was in resource in 4th and 5th grade for la and math and always acheived honor role or scholar role. He just completed his first grading period in middle school outside of resource and made honor role. But my son has an IEP so that he can get accoms and mods that help him in his style of learning. So please, don't assume Special Education has anything to do with a child's intellegence. It is available to accomodate any given child's acedemic needs.</p><p></p><p>I live in an urban enviornment as well. We live in an area where the houses are over 1/2 million yet behind us are low income apartments. All our children go to school together. It certainly presents challenges but definately gives my difficult child a real picture of what the world is all about. It is illegal for your school to have you pay a supply fee and not other families. It is illegal for them to base monetary requests on your preceieved ability to pay. It's one thing for them to ask for help with supplies from local churches or even families at school. We always make donations of school supplies because there are children who come from homes that cannot honestly provide them with the simple basics of pencil and paper. </p><p></p><p>Once you get this testing result meeting done, you will need a little time to digest the results then you will want to schedule and IEP meeting so that services can be provided your son. If you believe the school will try and deny services, bring someone with you (difficult child's doctor is a good one - i brought my difficult child's therapist with me at our first IEP meeting - she leant an air of professionalism to the requests!). </p><p></p><p>Sharon</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LittleDudesMom, post: 104315, member: 805"] I read your post yesterday and wanted to reply but didn't have time. My opinion is that in no way would I allow any school personnel, especially since the school has been denying services to your son, to sit in on the testing results. You said that you felt the teacher just wanted to "hear" the aspergers diagnosis - so what if she does want to hear it, wouldn't she believe you? You will obviously be providing the school with the written results in order to get IEP services in place. That's good enough. I would tell the teacher that you have given it some thought, and since this is private testing, you would prefer this meeting be private. If there is need for further testing by the school, she is more than welcome to participate. Additionally, I am a little confused by a few of your comments. You say that your son is too bright for Special Education. I don't believe you understand what Special Education is all about. There are children who have needs, not based on their ability to learn, but based on their style of learning. They need Special Education so that they can process differently. Some kids need Special Education because they need a smaller classroom enviornment to overcome school anxiety. Some kids need language arts in resource because they have a spelling disability, or dyslexia or dysgraphia. None of these things affect the intellegence of a child. My son was in resource in 4th and 5th grade for la and math and always acheived honor role or scholar role. He just completed his first grading period in middle school outside of resource and made honor role. But my son has an IEP so that he can get accoms and mods that help him in his style of learning. So please, don't assume Special Education has anything to do with a child's intellegence. It is available to accomodate any given child's acedemic needs. I live in an urban enviornment as well. We live in an area where the houses are over 1/2 million yet behind us are low income apartments. All our children go to school together. It certainly presents challenges but definately gives my difficult child a real picture of what the world is all about. It is illegal for your school to have you pay a supply fee and not other families. It is illegal for them to base monetary requests on your preceieved ability to pay. It's one thing for them to ask for help with supplies from local churches or even families at school. We always make donations of school supplies because there are children who come from homes that cannot honestly provide them with the simple basics of pencil and paper. Once you get this testing result meeting done, you will need a little time to digest the results then you will want to schedule and IEP meeting so that services can be provided your son. If you believe the school will try and deny services, bring someone with you (difficult child's doctor is a good one - i brought my difficult child's therapist with me at our first IEP meeting - she leant an air of professionalism to the requests!). Sharon [/QUOTE]
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