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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No. The vast majority of families whose kids have IEPs do not hire anyone. My son is a senior in MCPS. He had an IEP from K-11th and then a 504 for this year. We never had to fight for any service or accommodation. 3 reasons:
1. His needs are obvious, and made more so by well written neurospychological reports from the reputable psychology group Stixrud, whose psychologists know how to write in MCPS-speak.
2. We asked for entirely reasonable accommodations, never for something outlandish.
3. We carefully targeted which MCPS schools: moved inbounds for Bethesda ES at first, then requested special placement in a program in the neighboring cluster for middle and high school. 
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With all due respect, with the exception of being in FCPS, our situation was exactly the same as yours but we needed an advocate. Our Stixrud report, which I obtained thru an IEE, recommended even more than what we were asking for. Yet, the school team said the knew our son better and disagreed with the recommendations. I had to file a state complaint in order to receive what any reasonable person could see our DS needed. This was in ES.

Prior to the state complaint, we tried for two years to get the support our DS needed - which were not outlandish at all, just not cookie cutter. Just because you experienced no roadblocks doesn't mean other parents were unreasonable. In MS, we no longer needed an advocate because the school team was reasonable. [/quote]

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