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<blockquote data-quote="ElizabethL" data-source="post: 652568" data-attributes="member: 18900"><p>I do plan to make sure he is checked out from head to toe, and am aware that we'll probably be spending a lot of time in doctor's offices for a long, long time. I'm okay with that if it gets him the help he needs. I just needed to know where to start with it. This is all quite overwhelming.</p><p></p><p>I did a quick read through of the school's policy on IEP, and the only category that would fit him would be "emotional disturbance." He doesn't have a learning disability, he just chooses to not do any of the work regardless of what they've tried to do to make him do it (which resulted in a 2 day suspension the last time they tried to make him). An IEP is not something that's ever been mentioned by the school over the last 6 years. They did test him for a learning disability when he was in third grade, but he did so well on their tests that they came back with "he just doesn't apply himself", which was true, and their efforts stopped there. I'm not with him in school, I only know what the teachers tell me, and they tell me nothing other than "he doesn't apply himself" and when he's misbehaving. </p><p></p><p>I'll try to keep the Thursday meeting centered on the IEP topic. It might be the only way I don't lose my mind with them. Perhaps if I get them focused on what they could be doing, they won't berate me for what I have not yet done, as they've been doing over the phone with me for the last two weeks.</p><p></p><p>Does it require a doctor to confirm there is a disability that impedes his schooling in order to get the school to look at that seriously?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ElizabethL, post: 652568, member: 18900"] I do plan to make sure he is checked out from head to toe, and am aware that we'll probably be spending a lot of time in doctor's offices for a long, long time. I'm okay with that if it gets him the help he needs. I just needed to know where to start with it. This is all quite overwhelming. I did a quick read through of the school's policy on IEP, and the only category that would fit him would be "emotional disturbance." He doesn't have a learning disability, he just chooses to not do any of the work regardless of what they've tried to do to make him do it (which resulted in a 2 day suspension the last time they tried to make him). An IEP is not something that's ever been mentioned by the school over the last 6 years. They did test him for a learning disability when he was in third grade, but he did so well on their tests that they came back with "he just doesn't apply himself", which was true, and their efforts stopped there. I'm not with him in school, I only know what the teachers tell me, and they tell me nothing other than "he doesn't apply himself" and when he's misbehaving. I'll try to keep the Thursday meeting centered on the IEP topic. It might be the only way I don't lose my mind with them. Perhaps if I get them focused on what they could be doing, they won't berate me for what I have not yet done, as they've been doing over the phone with me for the last two weeks. Does it require a doctor to confirm there is a disability that impedes his schooling in order to get the school to look at that seriously? [/QUOTE]
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