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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]We often get Teacher Reports at the meeting that say only good things about DS and reference only good grades.  If I don't get the teacher reports prior to the meeting, I can't rebut the overly rosy picture they paint.  
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This made me chuckle. I can’t even imagine having to rebut a positive teacher report! [/quote]

I know it sounds funny, but what teachers often do is provide 3 work examples that are homeworks graded for completion.  So, the grades appear as "10/10" like he did a great job and there's no problem.  Or a teacher will put a project grade that was completed entirely at home with substantial support provided by parent; of course, that grade is going to be great, because DC has a parent reminding him to do it and helping him by scribing, etc.  But, the in class written essay under timed circumstances which earns a "D", somehow that never makes it into the teacher report.  Or they will check the box that says "no attention problem" but then not note that 3 out of 8 homeworks weren't even turned in.

This is very common for bright kids with a learning disability or ADHD-- as long as the grades are C or above, teachers will not acknowledge an issue or write it off as a "motivational" problem, even with very objective neuro-psych testing.   We have to stay on top of the IEP materials that are sent in the 5 day package, because they are often skewed against us.   Last year, the "draft IEP" that was sent simply dropped whole pages of goals and objectives from prior years that DC never "met".  If I hadn't had time to read the 50+ page packet and compare page by page to the last year, I might not have noticed.   Because I did, and because I was taping, I asked on the record why the goals were dropped if DC never was recorded as having met them and demanded that they be reinstated.  IEP team had to agree.

It's really important to get the 5 day package, and I have now learned to state on the record (i.e. while taping) that new documents are being provided to me in a non-compliant fashion.  Sometimes I refuse to allow them to be considered and the school has to decide whether they want to proceed without the docs they are presenting or reschedule quickly (because I won't waive the timeline).  Of course, just when this school is beginning to get with the program, we move up to the next.  [/quote]

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