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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I will be slightly controverciql here. Is accomodating giftedness a need? I mean Khan academy, coursera and other resources are free. Plus there are other enrichment opportunities. Thr FAPE concept guarantees appropriate buy not optimal. [/quote]

Well you are conflating needs with legal requirements. Obviously the legal requirement is not that schools meet every need of every child. That doesn't mean kids don't have needs that schools aren't meeting.[/quote]

[b]The legal requirement is that disabled students are able to access gifted services in the same manner as non-disabled kids [/b]- with accommodations or special instruction when they are otherwise qualified.  We do not require gifted kids in general education to teach themselves - they have access to advanced classes and magnet programs - so gifted disabled children should have access to the same and not be left only to teach themselves.

A gifted kid with an IEP with special instruction in writing who wants to take AP Lang must be allowed to take that class, receive accommodations and special instruction in writing.

A gifted kid who wants to apply to a magnet program must be allowed to do so and must receive testing accommodations on any admissions test. If admitted the school must comply with any 504 or IEP.

IME, gifted kids with IEPs or 504s often have teachers who refuse to comply. IME, the  magnet programs will threaten to kick out kids who ask for accommodations. IME, HS programs will also refuse to provide accommodations to kids in AP or IB programs and demand that they self-accommodate by dropping these advanced classes or forcing them to take these classes without accommodations.  This is clearly illegal and there is an OSERS letter stating that advanced students cannot be forced to give up accommodations or special instruction in order to access advanced instruction.

The segregated IEP programs, like ED or RICA, are particularly bad at this, and. frankly, someone should file a state or federal complaint about this.

I think there is a misperception that parents who ask for accelerated programs for their kids are somehow contributing to or causing their anxiety or depression, or that kids with ADHD aren't capable of advanced instruction. Nothing could be further from the truth.  Gifted 2E kids need gifted instruction as do their non-disabled gifted peers. 
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OP is in MoCo. Her kid is getting access in the same manner as non-disabled students. It's all but non-existent for both groups[/quote][/quote]

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