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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thank you all.

It's just hard to know where to go from here. I feel like I want to do something in the interim while we're waiting for this meeting to happen. Should I hire a tutor, or just have DH and I work with her more at home (which we do already?) I hate to throw money down a rabbit hole not knowing if it will help.

Just trying to figure out where the academic spark is for her. Nothing seems to hold her interest for long and while it isn't painful to do homework (most of the time), she puts the least amount of effort into it to get it over with. She never picks up a book to read or look at it for pleasure. As I think ahead to things like book reports and little research projects, I worry about her. I see what other kids her age accomplish and while I'm not comparing, she she isn't anywhere near that. They color the whole page and label things, she doesn't color at all and might label two things. They read a text and provide several details in written form. She struggles to put down down details at all. Even with things like arts and crafts, she enjoys them, but only for five minutes at a time.

She's a physical kid and excels at anything sporty/active. She's also enjoyed theater camp or opportunities to act or dance. She likes to cook and play with slime.

I'm rambling now. Thanks for listening...
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Op many of the issues you are listing now were not in your original post. It might be no issues, but you might want to get evaluation going on. IEP is not the goal at the beginning in my opinion. You need to have a good picture if what is going on and the IEP will follow. If I were you I would do private evaluation. I know its expensive, but it is what it is! Hang in there, not knowing is the hard part, when you know what is going on, then you can get her the support she needs.[/quote]

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