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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My dd has ADHD, and she was below grade level in reading.  The school provided support, but we also hired a tutor.  We initially hired a tutor who was a teacher at the school, but that did not work well for us.  [b]In our IEP meetings, the tutor/teacher did not seem like she was on "our" side.  We felt ganged up on having her seeming to attribute dd's being behind in reading to that being our fault.[/b]

We ended up changing and using a tutor from the Lab School.  I really like her.  She has experience with special needs, and she is definitely on our side.  She wrote up a great summary of her work with dd for our IEP meeting.

http://www.labschool.org/page/Services/Tutoring
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I completely agree with this and poster who said IEPs are established for the minimums.  We started DS in a private school known for its help with special needs kids.  DC was still overwhelmed with homework.  They were well aware that DS was exhausted from too much homework and that we had outside tutors.  We decided to go mainstream in FCPS with an IEP and redirect all the money we spent on private school into tutoring.  So, yes DS had an IEP but private tutoring almost ever afternoon.  It was the only way we could get through high school.  That's not the way the system should work but, depending on your child's need, that may be what you have to do to provide the necessary supports.  Each child is different.  Ours had severe exec. functioning problems, ADHD, anxiety and HFA.   Good luck!

I disagree with the poster who said document the hours and show them at the next IEP meeting.  FCPS won't care.  They view their role as acting as gatekeeper to ADA and IDEA services, not as suppliers and helpers of the children.  That's why I bolded the sentence above.  You must be your child's advocate and work within a broken system.

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