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[quote=Anonymous]After two previous failed requests for an IEP, I finally did neuropsych testing and paid for an advocate to come to the IEP screening meeting in September, and lo and behold, they agreed my DD should be getting accommodations.

But then the powers that be never did anything else. They put her in the resource class, which mainly seems like a study hall, but never even wrote up the accommodations. So after getting the principal involved  we 're finally having the next meeting tomorrow.

My DD is in high school. She is now being given extended time on tests and power points of lessons in some classes. That's all as far as I can tell.

She has ADHD (inattentive) and executive functioning issues as well as MERLD (mixed expressive-receptive language disorder). Her main difficulty in school is tests; while she gets good grades on projects and classwork, she fails most tests because she cannot remember the material.

What other accommodations should  I be requesting or expecting? I just don't know what's out there that she's entitled to. I feel like I'm operating in a vacuum. I don't know what to ask for because I don't know what's available. The SLP already told me she doesn't qualify because she "has made it this far without getting speech." Feel like I'm in a Joseph Heller novel!

Another issue is that my daughter really doesn't want to attend the meeting, but must. One of the earlier failed meetings we had resulted in tears it was so difficult, with the special ed teacher telling me I was damaging her self esteem by even suggesting she had a problem, the counselor telling me all I cared about was grades, etc. It was one of the most horrible experiences of my life, no exaggeration.

Thanks for any suggestions. This had been a hellish process and now that I'm so close to the finish line, I want to make sure we're getting what will be most helpful. This is MCPS if it makes a difference.[/quote]

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