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[quote=Anonymous]We asked my son's IEP team to transfer him to the Gifted, Talented, Learning Disabled (GT/LD) program for middle school. It's offered at a few middle and high schools in MCPS (North Bethesda, then Walter Johnson for us), and requires an IEP and an IQ over a certain threshold.

It's great in the sense that, particularly at the middle school level, teachers are trained to respect and understand these students, something which they might not have at their home school. They have access to a dedicated GT/LD resource class, instead of being lumped in with others in a general resource class. (Resource is offered to students with 504s and IEPs, to help them finish homework, take tests, and get help from the resource teacher.) In my son's GT/LD resource, the teacher focused on teaching them study skills, checking assignment completion, and making suggestions on breaking down large assignments. Basically she was an executive functioning coach.

The program helps them stay with like-minded peers. They are placed in mainstream advanced classes that are usually co-taught with a paraeducator, so that services and accommodations can be provided.

If such kids stay at their MCPS home school, they can absolutely enroll in the same advanced classes, request the same accommodations, and have a case manager if they have an IEP. However it's going to be piecemeal. The teachers will perhaps not recognize who they're dealing with. The general resource class might be chaotic with lots of behavioral problems. You might have some pushback at certain times. But it can be done!

Finally, at home, we were my son's executive functioning coaches too. He needed A LOT of help morning and night to stay on task, because his ADHD meds were not in his system at those times.

Best of luck, OP.

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