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Dyslexia & Bipolar Type2;totally slow IEP
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<blockquote data-quote="TeDo" data-source="post: 533558"><p>If a DOCTOR has diagnosed Bipolar, he's bipolar as far as the school is concerned. THEY cannot diagnose but simply give their impressions. The school psychiatric can insist ADHD all he/she wants. When any of them says "ADHD", interrupt and remind them repeatedly if you have to that "he does not have that diagnosis". I would highly suggest you make a list of school tasks you KNOW are hard for him and put some possible solutions next to each one. For example, my son struggles with reading (mispronounces many words so doesn't know the meaning of the wrong ones) so one of the ideas I came up with was having someone else read, or get books on audio, or work on word pronunciation. Get the idea? That would be a great way to have input into the meeting. Don't limit the possible solutions you can come up with but also be open to any they might have. You never know what might work. If they say something doesn't seem to be an issue and you know it is, argue with them by giving them examples of when you've witnessed it or heard it from him. You are his best advocate and you know him better than any of them are ever going to.</p><p></p><p>Good luck and keeping my fingers crossed for both of you!! Thanks for the update.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TeDo, post: 533558"] If a DOCTOR has diagnosed Bipolar, he's bipolar as far as the school is concerned. THEY cannot diagnose but simply give their impressions. The school psychiatric can insist ADHD all he/she wants. When any of them says "ADHD", interrupt and remind them repeatedly if you have to that "he does not have that diagnosis". I would highly suggest you make a list of school tasks you KNOW are hard for him and put some possible solutions next to each one. For example, my son struggles with reading (mispronounces many words so doesn't know the meaning of the wrong ones) so one of the ideas I came up with was having someone else read, or get books on audio, or work on word pronunciation. Get the idea? That would be a great way to have input into the meeting. Don't limit the possible solutions you can come up with but also be open to any they might have. You never know what might work. If they say something doesn't seem to be an issue and you know it is, argue with them by giving them examples of when you've witnessed it or heard it from him. You are his best advocate and you know him better than any of them are ever going to. Good luck and keeping my fingers crossed for both of you!! Thanks for the update. [/QUOTE]
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