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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There's a huge difference between the school staff that says your child can learn nothing and the staff that thinks your child is of average intelligence.[/quote]

True.  But the problem either way is threefold, in my experience:

1. School staff are often wrong.
2. The conclusion that a child is of average intelligence is often accompanied by staff ignoring or downplaying a child's academic gifts or potential.
3.[b] School staff hyperfocuses on the behavioral, social or emotional needs or problems to the exclusion of the academic needs.
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Balance is important.  Listening to parents is important.  An adversarial relationship between school and parents doesn't start with the parent coming in demanding things. It starts with a school that acts in its own best interests and not those of the child.

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This.    We were told DS could not be in a GT LD class b/c "they don't have kids with those [impulsive] behaviors in THAT class."[/quote]
What extra supports do you feel your child would have needed to have succeeded in that class?[/quote]

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