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<blockquote data-quote="flutterbee" data-source="post: 53208"><p>An IEP is an Individualized Education Plan. If a child is found to be a child with a disability, the SD (school district) is required by law (called IDEA 2004) to provide them with a Free Appropriate Education (FAPE) in the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) that is designed for that child's needs. Phew...that's a mouthful. However, this process is often a battle in itself as the SD counts on parents being uneducated re: this law and, in my experience, many of the SD employees are uneducated re: it as well. There is a Special Education board set up for just this reason on this site. Martie and Sheila moderate that board and are a wealth of information, having been on the front lines themselves. You can also check out the Special Education Archives for a lot of valuable information.</p><p></p><p>I didn't mean to imply in my previous post that I'm anti-medication. That's not the case at all. I'm just anti- throwing-medications-at symptoms-and-wait-to-see-what-happens. You are right, though, in that you have to educate yourself in order to be able to work with the doctors. You live with your difficult child's. The doctors see them for a few minutes a month. Research, research, research. </p><p></p><p>Your oldest difficult child sounds like my difficult child when it comes to black and white thinking. If everything is going her way she is wonderful, but if one little (and I do mean little) thing goes awry, it suddenly becomes the worst day ever. In regards to your oldest difficult child's attitude, etc., he's also entering puberty and you're going to see normal puberty stuff magnified by his GFGness. What fun, huh?!? :hammer:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterbee, post: 53208"] An IEP is an Individualized Education Plan. If a child is found to be a child with a disability, the SD (school district) is required by law (called IDEA 2004) to provide them with a Free Appropriate Education (FAPE) in the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) that is designed for that child's needs. Phew...that's a mouthful. However, this process is often a battle in itself as the SD counts on parents being uneducated re: this law and, in my experience, many of the SD employees are uneducated re: it as well. There is a Special Education board set up for just this reason on this site. Martie and Sheila moderate that board and are a wealth of information, having been on the front lines themselves. You can also check out the Special Education Archives for a lot of valuable information. I didn't mean to imply in my previous post that I'm anti-medication. That's not the case at all. I'm just anti- throwing-medications-at symptoms-and-wait-to-see-what-happens. You are right, though, in that you have to educate yourself in order to be able to work with the doctors. You live with your difficult child's. The doctors see them for a few minutes a month. Research, research, research. Your oldest difficult child sounds like my difficult child when it comes to black and white thinking. If everything is going her way she is wonderful, but if one little (and I do mean little) thing goes awry, it suddenly becomes the worst day ever. In regards to your oldest difficult child's attitude, etc., he's also entering puberty and you're going to see normal puberty stuff magnified by his GFGness. What fun, huh?!? [img]:hammer:[/img] [/QUOTE]
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