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Desperately seeking advice. IEP not working. What are my opetions?
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<blockquote data-quote="dreamer" data-source="post: 126274" data-attributes="member: 1697"><p>what comes to my mind is this. The school sounds like they have a list of complaints they are tossing out, but- are they changeing the iep to address those complaints? Are they changeing things in the iep to HELP your child learn any skills or are they giving any ideas for helping him to work around or thru or in spite of his difficulties, or are they just telling you their concerns and then letting it go? </p><p></p><p>Also keep in mind grades themself are not always valid indicators of whether a child is learning or not or how much they are learning. Some schools grade based on different things, some put heavy weight on only homework (our school had homework be far more than half the final grade) </p><p>AND grades of B and C are not especially necessarily "bad" </p><p>I also found out the hard way, some um...less then honest? schools will use grades as a way to justify certain things to happen that THEY wish to happen.....such as my son could not read or write AT ALL, even in grade 3, BUT all his grades were As and Bs.......and his school used those grades to try to convince me he did not need an iep. on the other hand a year later, his grades were all Ds and Fs.....altho I had worked with him 4+ hours every single nite with his work, and I myself turned in ALL his work, and "I" knew it was done correctly, altho he was absent 3 full months for surgeries......and his school tried to use those Ds and Fs as a way to convince me to place him elsewhere, and said those low grades were justification, and that he got those low grades due to his absences and not due to his work. Turned out his grades NEVER were ANY reflection at all of his work or his abilities. </p><p></p><p>Also what methods is the tutor useing for when tutor works with your child? We got homebound services when my son was post surgical and unable to see, but, the tutor was NOT familiar with Special Education difficulties or accomodations, and had no idea what an iep was or how to work with a sightless child so- the tutoring was really pointless. You want a tutor that CAN work WITH your son, to help him in the ways he needs to be helped.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dreamer, post: 126274, member: 1697"] what comes to my mind is this. The school sounds like they have a list of complaints they are tossing out, but- are they changeing the iep to address those complaints? Are they changeing things in the iep to HELP your child learn any skills or are they giving any ideas for helping him to work around or thru or in spite of his difficulties, or are they just telling you their concerns and then letting it go? Also keep in mind grades themself are not always valid indicators of whether a child is learning or not or how much they are learning. Some schools grade based on different things, some put heavy weight on only homework (our school had homework be far more than half the final grade) AND grades of B and C are not especially necessarily "bad" I also found out the hard way, some um...less then honest? schools will use grades as a way to justify certain things to happen that THEY wish to happen.....such as my son could not read or write AT ALL, even in grade 3, BUT all his grades were As and Bs.......and his school used those grades to try to convince me he did not need an iep. on the other hand a year later, his grades were all Ds and Fs.....altho I had worked with him 4+ hours every single nite with his work, and I myself turned in ALL his work, and "I" knew it was done correctly, altho he was absent 3 full months for surgeries......and his school tried to use those Ds and Fs as a way to convince me to place him elsewhere, and said those low grades were justification, and that he got those low grades due to his absences and not due to his work. Turned out his grades NEVER were ANY reflection at all of his work or his abilities. Also what methods is the tutor useing for when tutor works with your child? We got homebound services when my son was post surgical and unable to see, but, the tutor was NOT familiar with Special Education difficulties or accomodations, and had no idea what an iep was or how to work with a sightless child so- the tutoring was really pointless. You want a tutor that CAN work WITH your son, to help him in the ways he needs to be helped. [/QUOTE]
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