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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My special needs child with IEP has a FSIQ of 155 on the WISC.  You have no idea what you are yammering about.[/quote]

Not targeted at you, obviously.  It was targeted at a more general audience who doesn't realize how much difference there is between kids.  Yeah, I do know.  My kid (12) has been labeled 2e due to OCD, anxiety disorder, and borderline Asperger's.  [/quote]

What is "borderline" Asperger's?  My kid with the 155 IQ has Asperger's and I've never heard this...

DS is in elementary school at a charter.  Not bored or any other issues even though his NT classmates are not geniuses. [/quote]

Same. Our developmental pediatrician said that he was 2 points shy of the label.  That's borderline. [/quote]

Are you talking about ADOS scoring?  My child got the diagnosis for ASD by 2 points.  But I was informed you either have it or you don't.  There is no borderline.  I guess if you miss it by 1 or 2 points, it men's you have many traits for ASD but don't qualify for the diagnosis.[/quote]

That's incorrect.  There's no precise quantification, hard criteria, or science to diagnosing Aspergers.  There are a number of traits identified in DSM-5 that are associated with Aspergers, but from there, like with so many other areas of Autism spectrum disorder, it's a judgement call.[/quote]

It's a judgement call but ADOS/ADI-R testing tries to quantify and make diagnosis less subjective.[/quote]

ADOS/ADI-R testing for Autism Spectrum Disorder is considered the gold standard for ASD diagnosis and is available at Children's, KKI, Stixrud, etc.[/quote]

As long as we're all in agreement (on DCUM!).   :D

Actually, I was the parent with the original "borderline" comment.  I really didn't expect to see such venom resulting from the comment.  We were just a couple of points shy of the label, not that we wanted one.  We weren't looking for an IEP or anything -- we were trying to understand our child's needs.  I'm sure we could have found a satisfactory doctor if we wanted to get a label, but what would that really gain us?

[b]Differentiation via IEP would still be crap differentiation in our child's case.[/b]  Every kid is different, though.  I could see where an IEP could help a good number of kids, but a few will never be served by our current, busted-up educational system.  Instead of creating a new program within the current model, I'd rather fund competitive models or start requiring our teachers to build knowledge in their actual content area each year.

I wonder why someone doesn't create a hybrid of the BASIS & Responsive Ed charters, with actual teachers & curriculum like BASIS, but with the individualization of Responsive Ed (minus the dogma)?  Stanford OHS looks great, but expensive.  It's big drawback, though, is its late start for the high school, or the limited breadth of the EPGY program.

That's a topic for another thread, though.[/quote]

My child's IEP does not address academics.  DS has no academic issues and excels academically.  His IEP addresses those aspects of his disability that can have an academic impact;  In our DS's case, social/communication issues.  As everyone has told you, an IEP is about putting in a floor so kids with disabilities can "access the curriculum" - the existing curriculum that everyone else gets.

As pp said, why don't you send your gifted kid to Basis...  or start your own school.[/quote]

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