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[quote=Anonymous]TBH, this is a signal that you should request an IEP.  Schools do MTSS when a kid is falling behind with regular instruction, but the MTSS is provided without any fuller assessment.

When you request an IEP, the school is legally obligated to conduct a psychoeducational assessment in all areas of potential disability, which can suss out the underlying reasons for failure to respond to general education instruction.

Write a letter, saying that you suspect DC has a 1) reading or other disability that 2) is adversely impacting his education and 3) necessitates special instruction, and that you are asking for an IEP meeting and a full psychoeducational assessment as required under the IEP process.

The fact that your kid is in MTSS demonstrates that there is at least a "suspicion of disability" that requires the school to do assessment with normed, standardized pyschoeducational testing that measures ability and achievement.  Often schools gaslight parents saying that the kid is getting MTSS so "they're already giving special instruction," but this is not equivalent at all to providing special instruction on an IEP.

Also, schools often try to use MTSS as a reason to delay assessment under the IDEA/IEP process -- "we can't assess him until we know whether or not MTSS is working".  This is illegal.  There is specific guidance from Department of Ed that MTSS cannot be used to delay or deny assessment as required under IDEA.[/quote]

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