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[quote=Anonymous]17:20 here.  I think it depends on child and severity of impairment.  My DS also has working memory and executive functioning challenges and expressive/receptive speech delays.  He was floundering in English and in Spanish.  We actually had a very difficult time going through the IEP process because in the words of the school psychologist "nothing about your child stands out".  Unlike many other kids with his type of challenges, DS shuts down when overwhelmed.  He was never a behavior problem because he withdraws when frustrated or upset.  He's also very social and since the bar for K achievement is so low, he wasn't on anyone's radar.  But, you should have seen him at home.  We also knew he wasn't learning anything (in English or in Spanish).  So, we had extensive testing done which is when we got the ADHD/inattentive and anxiety diagnoses and learned about his speech delay.  We kept him in the partial immersion program but after a while and much gnashing of teeth, we pulled him.  It was an incredibly difficult decision because we so believe in learning other languages.  We questioned our decision a lot but now that it's been 2+ years, we can see that, for him, it really was the right decision.  Now that DS is on the right track, I believe he could learn a foreign language if it were part of the special ed curriculum but, unfortunately, it's not an option right now.[/quote]

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