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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, I have 2 kids who have extended time for everything.  One has 504 plan, and one has IEP.  There are no goals on a 504 plan, but yet you can get accommodations like extra time on tests and instructional items.  So, that shows how false your IEP team's statement is.  Please elevate by complaining to the head of special ed in writing.

BTW, my kid with an IEP has been diagnosed with a bariety if labguage issues since pre-K, yet DC is in advanced math earning As and Bs.  Language has a significant impact in marthe where students have to translate instructions for test Q into "math", do word problems translating words to symbols, and explain in words their answer.  All of this is language processing.

Your team is simply wrong.

[b]BTW, is there an underlyinv weakness in processing speed shown in IQ subscores? [/b] Highly divergent verbal or perceptual subscores 1 1/2 standard deviations or more away from memory or processing subscores may be used to hustify extra time across all areas.   [/quote]

OP here. I think so. Here are the scores.

GAI 95th percentile (SS=125)

Verbal comprehension 98th percentile

Processing speed 16th percentile (ScS=7)

Working memory 
WISC V digit span 8th percentile (SS=79); Picture Span 25th percentile

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PP here.  This profile should definitely qualify for extra time in all instructional and assessment tasks - that means in class work and all exams both local and statewide or national.  In addition, your child should have a copy of notes and outlines accommodation.  This will be very important in MS, HS and college.  There is no way that someone with that processing speed can keep up with lecture/note-taking.

BTW, we are in MCPS.  My DC has less divergent scores than yours.  I encourage you to get in touch, in writing with the MCPS compliance office and share your story with them and ask them to guide the school to appropriate decisions. If you're not in MCPS, reach out in your county to the head of special ed. in writing.  It is clear your school doesn't know what it is doing.

Also, FWIW, it's never appropriate for a school to say they cannot provide an accommodation because it's not allowed.  IEPs and 504 accomodations must be constructed an an INDIVIDUALIZED basis.  The individual needs of the child must be considered and appropriate accommodations constructed.  Even if an accommodation is only usually given in certain circumstances, that does not mean the school can bar it for your student.

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