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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We're zone for NBMS and I've long been curious about the GT/LD program.  My kids do not have IEPs -- just 504s -- because the ES has always taken the position that they are capable of performing at or above grade level in the core academic subjects in spite of their ADHD/anxiety and therefore do not need any services in order to access the curriculum.  With that standard, I'm wondering how any kids with very high IQs manage to get an IEP (unless they have a very specific LD, like dyslexia or dyspraxia). 
 
Questions: (1) Is it worth trying to get the IEP to get them into the GT/LD program?  What benefits are there to that program over the regular honors curriculum at NBMS with a 504?  (2) If it is, any advice on how to upgrade to an IEP from the 504?  Would I need to hire an educational advocate?[/quote]

I am OP, and also curious about, for example, the difference between the GT/LD program at north bethesda, and the Asperger program at Tilden.  He has a very high IQ and an IEP, but also has dysgraphia, but not dyslexia or dyspraxia. We go to an outside OT for the dysgraphia.  Would any other MCPS middle school in the area I originally described have the resources at school to cover the help he needs?[/quote]

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