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[quote=Anonymous]Parent of GT/LD & ADHD inattentive child - what did we change? We began to insist the school focus on the gifted side and started to document by email all negative comments and failures to accommodate. If DC approached a teacher and asked for time and a half on an assignment as provided for under the IEP, and if teacher responded by chastising DC as lazy, disorganized, unmotivated or cheating, DC would document with a polite email -- "thank you for the extension under my IEP. Your remark that I asked for extra time because I am trying to cheat was very hurtful. My disability means that I need extra time to do the same things other kids do. I am not cheating......etc.". This approach has virtually shut down the haters and DC's self-esteem is much better. Plus the school has stopped trying to shunt DC out of advanced classes, where he has been getting mostly As and a few Bs. [/quote]
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