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WHY would a fourteen year old have such a poor short term memory? Any ideas?
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 384721" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Marg, THANK YOU. She always says "I can study all day and night and I *stll* won't remember." So what you say makes sense. She takes great notes. She was taught how. And until this year she was allowed to use those notes during tests because, as you said, there is no way to make her retain certain things and it's not her fault. At a job, she can refer to notes. I see no reason not to let her during tests. They know and acknowledge that she is doing her best.</p><p></p><p>I thought of online schooling for her as they have some really good programs, but she wants to be able to play sports (and you can't do that if you are not a student who actually physically goes to school) and she has a ton of friends and is very social. Homeschooling is not on the table for her. I asked her about it and got a big "NO, you CAN'T." I respect that.</p><p></p><p>We have gone for the jugular with mediation. They are already scrambling to get a new IEP for her. Frankly, if they allow her notes for tests, I will be happy to drop the mediation, but that's up to them. The first thing they told us is, "Well, it takes a LONG TIME to start the testing process again and SHE MAY NOT QUALIFY..." Well, she wouldn't, if all they went by is grade level scores (although she IS three years behind in reading). The mediator told us for ask for testing that addresses her memory issues, so we did. That would mean they'd have to hire somebody outside of the school, but the mediator told us to do exactly that. She's really cool and, while I hope we don't really have to go to mediation, if we do have to go, I hope she is the mediator. She seemed VERY pro-chlld. Our Dept. of Public Education lauds over all the school districts in the state and no school district wants to be on their bad side or look uncooperative. </p><p></p><p>If our school was large, I think I would be a bit more tolerant of time frames, but there are about 40 children in each grade and enough staff to take care of them. I am hoping for the best and trying not to stress out too badly.</p><p></p><p>Thanks, everyone. Any other thoughts are welcome too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 384721, member: 1550"] Marg, THANK YOU. She always says "I can study all day and night and I *stll* won't remember." So what you say makes sense. She takes great notes. She was taught how. And until this year she was allowed to use those notes during tests because, as you said, there is no way to make her retain certain things and it's not her fault. At a job, she can refer to notes. I see no reason not to let her during tests. They know and acknowledge that she is doing her best. I thought of online schooling for her as they have some really good programs, but she wants to be able to play sports (and you can't do that if you are not a student who actually physically goes to school) and she has a ton of friends and is very social. Homeschooling is not on the table for her. I asked her about it and got a big "NO, you CAN'T." I respect that. We have gone for the jugular with mediation. They are already scrambling to get a new IEP for her. Frankly, if they allow her notes for tests, I will be happy to drop the mediation, but that's up to them. The first thing they told us is, "Well, it takes a LONG TIME to start the testing process again and SHE MAY NOT QUALIFY..." Well, she wouldn't, if all they went by is grade level scores (although she IS three years behind in reading). The mediator told us for ask for testing that addresses her memory issues, so we did. That would mean they'd have to hire somebody outside of the school, but the mediator told us to do exactly that. She's really cool and, while I hope we don't really have to go to mediation, if we do have to go, I hope she is the mediator. She seemed VERY pro-chlld. Our Dept. of Public Education lauds over all the school districts in the state and no school district wants to be on their bad side or look uncooperative. If our school was large, I think I would be a bit more tolerant of time frames, but there are about 40 children in each grade and enough staff to take care of them. I am hoping for the best and trying not to stress out too badly. Thanks, everyone. Any other thoughts are welcome too. [/QUOTE]
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