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<blockquote data-quote="momtoagreatkid" data-source="post: 165492" data-attributes="member: 2345"><p>"Sorry I didnt put in their she was home school by means of digital academy. Threw the computer. Which was fine when she did her work. Her grades were the same FFFF.. "</p><p></p><p>In your previous post, you said you felt like she could do the work and would probably pass, if she completed and handed in assignments. Does this mean that she didn't do the assignments with the digital academy? If not, did she try to do the assignments?</p><p></p><p>My feeling, reading your posts, is that your daughter may not be as able, as you think she is. This has nothing to do with intelligence. A child can be very smart and be Learning Disability (LD) (my son's IQ is in the 90th percentile, and he is Learning Disability (LD)). The problem you are going to have with an Learning Disability (LD) placement in Special Education is that your daughter has a long history of not attending school regularly. In order for a child to be classified as Learning Disability (LD), there needs to be proof that a child's low academic scores (different than IQ scores) are not a result of poor attendance. If a child continually misses school, or, in your daughter's case does not do the school work because she's choosing not to (not completing the digital academy's work), than the child will get behind academically. That's not because the child can't do the work because of a learning disability. That is a result of the child's getting further and further from grade level because of choosing not to do the work required to stay on grade level. </p><p></p><p>Having said the above, you need to know that this DOES NOT exclude your child from an IEP. Your child could qualify under Emotional/Behavioral Disturbance for her mood disorder or Other Health Impaired for a medical diagnosis she may have been given, if she has a comorbid medical condition, like ADHD. The fact that her behavior is impairing her ability to access the curriculum is reason for an IEP, and from what you have written, I would say she sounds like she desperately needs an IEP. She is not successful in the regular education environment, and she is not successful in the home school environment. It sounds to me like she needs alternative placement--placed in a small class of students with emotional and behavioral disorders. The problem with this placement, though, is that these classes vary greatly from district-to-district. In my son's district, the alternative school is excellent, and the EBD classrooms are excellent. Parents, such as yourself, fight like mad to get their kids in these placements because they are so good. Unfortunately, this is not true in other districts. I strongly advise that you research the alternative placements in your daughter's school to see if the placements are safe and well staffed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="momtoagreatkid, post: 165492, member: 2345"] "Sorry I didnt put in their she was home school by means of digital academy. Threw the computer. Which was fine when she did her work. Her grades were the same FFFF.. " In your previous post, you said you felt like she could do the work and would probably pass, if she completed and handed in assignments. Does this mean that she didn't do the assignments with the digital academy? If not, did she try to do the assignments? My feeling, reading your posts, is that your daughter may not be as able, as you think she is. This has nothing to do with intelligence. A child can be very smart and be Learning Disability (LD) (my son's IQ is in the 90th percentile, and he is Learning Disability (LD)). The problem you are going to have with an Learning Disability (LD) placement in Special Education is that your daughter has a long history of not attending school regularly. In order for a child to be classified as Learning Disability (LD), there needs to be proof that a child's low academic scores (different than IQ scores) are not a result of poor attendance. If a child continually misses school, or, in your daughter's case does not do the school work because she's choosing not to (not completing the digital academy's work), than the child will get behind academically. That's not because the child can't do the work because of a learning disability. That is a result of the child's getting further and further from grade level because of choosing not to do the work required to stay on grade level. Having said the above, you need to know that this DOES NOT exclude your child from an IEP. Your child could qualify under Emotional/Behavioral Disturbance for her mood disorder or Other Health Impaired for a medical diagnosis she may have been given, if she has a comorbid medical condition, like ADHD. The fact that her behavior is impairing her ability to access the curriculum is reason for an IEP, and from what you have written, I would say she sounds like she desperately needs an IEP. She is not successful in the regular education environment, and she is not successful in the home school environment. It sounds to me like she needs alternative placement--placed in a small class of students with emotional and behavioral disorders. The problem with this placement, though, is that these classes vary greatly from district-to-district. In my son's district, the alternative school is excellent, and the EBD classrooms are excellent. Parents, such as yourself, fight like mad to get their kids in these placements because they are so good. Unfortunately, this is not true in other districts. I strongly advise that you research the alternative placements in your daughter's school to see if the placements are safe and well staffed. [/QUOTE]
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