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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is practically never a good reason for repeating a grade,[b] unless you're in my friend's situation with a microcephalic daughter.[/b]

My son is in advanced classes in 7th grade, despite his dyscalculia. We were told that both that and his dysgraphia were a consequence of his severe ADHD.

Dyscalculias and dysgraphias are frequently associated with ADHD, so explore that aspect of things. Once he was medicated for his ADHD, it all fell into place and he jumped ahead.[/quote]

Why would microcephaly be a reason for repeating a grade?

-- special ed teacher[/quote]

My friend told me the special ed team was just checking the boxes and dragging her child from one grade to another, without being able to teach her much, and with no hope of ever catching up to even the lowest standards of achievements for that grade.
She was fighting desperately to have the school let her child repeat the grade (a lower elementary one) so that her DD could experience a small sense of achievement by being given more time to work on basic skills. 
I completely sympathized with her. Some situations call for certain measures.

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