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[quote=Anonymous]This is the problem with the "significant discrepancies model" of qualification for IEP.  Your school is essentially saying that DC is performing at a level above her predicted ability by IQ.  Is there a significant difference between any of the 4 IQ subcomponents?  If, so it is inappropriate to use the composite IQ to judge ability. (Sometimes schools will use composite or average scores in ability and/or achievement in order to hide discrepant subscores that would otherwise be qualifying.)

But, I am concerned that the school is using bare minimum "data" to do so.  It sounds like she has not had a full evaluation - neither in school nor privately - because you mention IQ and 1 norm.  A full assessment would involve IQ, full achievement testing in all academic areas - reading & math & writing, spelling & oral language standardized normed tests reported with scores and percentiles as well as tests like the Ray-Ostereith and CTOPP or some other assessment of rapid baming.

I am also concerned that the school itself acknowledges that DC has a "time
management" problem - that is a classic flag for attention and executive function issues, so teacher & parents should have been asked to fill out an ADHD questionnaire (Connors or Vanderbilt) and the BRIEF (questionnaire about executive functioning). If you shared that DC was at one point identified as ASD by a Dr. the school should also be administering all those tests.

You also note other "adverse impacts on education - need for extra time, need yo have assignments repeated multiple times, etc. That is the second prong of the IEP test.  First is qualifying disorder but it sounds to me like school has done inadequate assessment to consider all possible disorders (thus failing their legal Child Find obligation.)

What did the IQ show - can you provide the verbal, perceptual, working memory and processing speed?  What achievement testing was done? Were any attention or ASD assessments done? [/quote]

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