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<blockquote data-quote="jal" data-source="post: 459041" data-attributes="member: 3477"><p>My difficult child is also 9 diagnosis'd ADHD & Mood not otherwise specified. He was on every medication under the sun too since age 3-4 with no luck. Currently, Intuniv and Prozac. Intuniv has been a blessing for him. Huge improvements since being on it since the spring. Push immediatley for an evaluation. When a child's diagnosis interferes with his or other students learning an IEP is in order under IDEA he qualifies for it. Now the games with school begin. Immediately, send a registered letter requesting an evaluation to the Director of Pupil services for your district. This will kick off a federal timeline that they have to abide by to get the evaluation done. I knew before my child went to school he'd have issues. He's smart, very adept in math and reads very well, but the larger classroom environment was not for him @ the time. My school told me well maybe he"ll get a 504. I said give him a month here and we'll be formatting an IEP. We were. In first grade we moved him to a therapuetic school out of district. Broke our hearts, but it was the best for him. Now he's mainstreaming there (his program is within a regualr school) and so far he's on track to transfer back to district this year. </p><p></p><p>I do have to add we have a great district and have never met any resistance. We are lucky and I do know that that is not the case 95% of the time. The most important thing you can do now is get that registered request for an evaluation done. Then the ball's in their court. </p><p></p><p>I sympathize with your situation as I have lived it, but with the proper supports in place he can succeed, I've seen that too!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jal, post: 459041, member: 3477"] My difficult child is also 9 diagnosis'd ADHD & Mood not otherwise specified. He was on every medication under the sun too since age 3-4 with no luck. Currently, Intuniv and Prozac. Intuniv has been a blessing for him. Huge improvements since being on it since the spring. Push immediatley for an evaluation. When a child's diagnosis interferes with his or other students learning an IEP is in order under IDEA he qualifies for it. Now the games with school begin. Immediately, send a registered letter requesting an evaluation to the Director of Pupil services for your district. This will kick off a federal timeline that they have to abide by to get the evaluation done. I knew before my child went to school he'd have issues. He's smart, very adept in math and reads very well, but the larger classroom environment was not for him @ the time. My school told me well maybe he"ll get a 504. I said give him a month here and we'll be formatting an IEP. We were. In first grade we moved him to a therapuetic school out of district. Broke our hearts, but it was the best for him. Now he's mainstreaming there (his program is within a regualr school) and so far he's on track to transfer back to district this year. I do have to add we have a great district and have never met any resistance. We are lucky and I do know that that is not the case 95% of the time. The most important thing you can do now is get that registered request for an evaluation done. Then the ball's in their court. I sympathize with your situation as I have lived it, but with the proper supports in place he can succeed, I've seen that too! [/QUOTE]
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