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<blockquote data-quote="LittleDudesMom" data-source="post: 360214" data-attributes="member: 805"><p>Hi vja,</p><p></p><p>We understand.</p><p></p><p>First and foremost, welcome to the site!</p><p></p><p>Insofar as requesting and IEP, your son will have to have all the testing that you have requested in order to see if he meets the federal guidelines for and IEP (and it sounds like he does). Your letters will start the ball rolling. Word of wisdom here - send those letters certified mail rather than hand delivering them. The school has so many days to respond (you should go to your state dept of ed website) and schedule a meeting for you sign off on all the testing. Sending them certified holds them to the fire as far as required timing and starts a paper trail that is "provable". Now the testing itself can take a couple months. I know from the first child study meeting to the actual writing of my son's IEP was about 3.5 months. We actually wrote the IEP on the last day of school in the second grade and it was implemented on the first day of school in the third grade. So, it definitely takes some time.</p><p></p><p>The disorganization, missing assignments, etc. are so familiar! Those of our kids that suffer from poor executive functioning skills have a hard time getting it together. Unfortunately, with a 504 you are at the liberty of the teachers since it is not a legal instrument like and IEP is. There is no incentive for the teachers to follow that 504. There are many teachers who want to help their students succeed and will go that extra mile - sounds like that's not the case for your son.</p><p></p><p>The great thing about the testing is that they will test his aptitude vs his academic performance. You say your son is very intelligent, which is the case with most of our kids. It's the translation between what they know and sharing what they know that the problem exists.</p><p></p><p>In regards to the principal denying you a 504 revisions this year, that's iffy. I would think the same law applies to timing as an IEP meeting request but I'm just not sure.</p><p></p><p>Before you send those letters for school today, I would go over to our Special Education Forum. We have sample letters of every sort over there/and on the archives for that forum. It's a good idea to make sure your wording is exactly what it should be.</p><p></p><p>Good luck.</p><p></p><p>Sharon</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LittleDudesMom, post: 360214, member: 805"] Hi vja, We understand. First and foremost, welcome to the site! Insofar as requesting and IEP, your son will have to have all the testing that you have requested in order to see if he meets the federal guidelines for and IEP (and it sounds like he does). Your letters will start the ball rolling. Word of wisdom here - send those letters certified mail rather than hand delivering them. The school has so many days to respond (you should go to your state dept of ed website) and schedule a meeting for you sign off on all the testing. Sending them certified holds them to the fire as far as required timing and starts a paper trail that is "provable". Now the testing itself can take a couple months. I know from the first child study meeting to the actual writing of my son's IEP was about 3.5 months. We actually wrote the IEP on the last day of school in the second grade and it was implemented on the first day of school in the third grade. So, it definitely takes some time. The disorganization, missing assignments, etc. are so familiar! Those of our kids that suffer from poor executive functioning skills have a hard time getting it together. Unfortunately, with a 504 you are at the liberty of the teachers since it is not a legal instrument like and IEP is. There is no incentive for the teachers to follow that 504. There are many teachers who want to help their students succeed and will go that extra mile - sounds like that's not the case for your son. The great thing about the testing is that they will test his aptitude vs his academic performance. You say your son is very intelligent, which is the case with most of our kids. It's the translation between what they know and sharing what they know that the problem exists. In regards to the principal denying you a 504 revisions this year, that's iffy. I would think the same law applies to timing as an IEP meeting request but I'm just not sure. Before you send those letters for school today, I would go over to our Special Education Forum. We have sample letters of every sort over there/and on the archives for that forum. It's a good idea to make sure your wording is exactly what it should be. Good luck. Sharon [/QUOTE]
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