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Bizarre Recommendation From School?
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<blockquote data-quote="Martie" data-source="post: 80918" data-attributes="member: 284"><p>Whatever you do, a Lifeskills curriculum is NOT AN APPROPRIATE option for a 6 year old. We do not usually discuss IQs because the differences of the kids on the board are not really meaningful: the vast majority range from low average to high average, and what impedes progress is emotional/behavioral not intellect.</p><p></p><p>However, you described he as having a VERY LOW IQ, at age 6. functioning at a 4 year old level. Roughly, that would give her an IQ in the mid 60 to mid 70 range. That is not VERY LOW, and anyway, IQs are notoriously unstable in 6 year olds who have multiple issues as she does.For example, did was she able to pay attention during testing? Tested on and off medications can make a HUGE difference for kids with ADHD and sometimes is used as a means of showing the effectiveness of medications.</p><p></p><p>No matter what, her IEP should reflect her needs, not her IQ and not the programs that your SD chooses to "offer" as package deals. I would go for a 1:1 with proper training to keep her in the LRE. If that does not work, then look at more restrictive options. Special Education is a service not a "place" to send difficult to educate children. However, in one sense you are lucky because as Sheila points out, "autistic classes" are expensive due to staffing ratios, so it is not as though you would be asking for a parapro for a child who would otherwise have an hour of Learning Disability (LD) resource per day (which is inexpensive.)</p><p></p><p>Martie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Martie, post: 80918, member: 284"] Whatever you do, a Lifeskills curriculum is NOT AN APPROPRIATE option for a 6 year old. We do not usually discuss IQs because the differences of the kids on the board are not really meaningful: the vast majority range from low average to high average, and what impedes progress is emotional/behavioral not intellect. However, you described he as having a VERY LOW IQ, at age 6. functioning at a 4 year old level. Roughly, that would give her an IQ in the mid 60 to mid 70 range. That is not VERY LOW, and anyway, IQs are notoriously unstable in 6 year olds who have multiple issues as she does.For example, did was she able to pay attention during testing? Tested on and off medications can make a HUGE difference for kids with ADHD and sometimes is used as a means of showing the effectiveness of medications. No matter what, her IEP should reflect her needs, not her IQ and not the programs that your SD chooses to "offer" as package deals. I would go for a 1:1 with proper training to keep her in the LRE. If that does not work, then look at more restrictive options. Special Education is a service not a "place" to send difficult to educate children. However, in one sense you are lucky because as Sheila points out, "autistic classes" are expensive due to staffing ratios, so it is not as though you would be asking for a parapro for a child who would otherwise have an hour of Learning Disability (LD) resource per day (which is inexpensive.) Martie [/QUOTE]
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