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[quote=Anonymous]Heartily agree. You have to get in there and advocate for your child - politely, of course.  At the start of second grade make sure you are asking about what the teacher is doing to challenge your child.  Make sure you are sharing the exceptional things your child is doing at home (in a casual way, don't be obnoxious).  Ask what else you can be doing to help your child reach their potential, and if the teacher says "nothing they are doing fine," push back and say "that's great, but our child really is ready for a challenge."  Ask to talk to the teacher periodically, they are busy, but a 10-15 minute meeting once a month is reasonable.

Also talk to the AART early and cover a lot of the same as above with them.

Our child did not get in on the first try, but did get in on appeal.  Our child had great scores, but the GBRS were lackluster.  The teacher really had no idea what is going on in our child's brain because they are quiet and non-disruptive, and we had like one 10 minute chat with the teacher that first half of second grade.  Well there is a lot going on in our child's mind!  We covered those activities and behaviors robustly in the appeal cover letter and had our child sit down and do new work samples at home (did not rely on school stuff).  We basically explained why the GBRS were a very incomplete picture of why our child needs AAP. We overcame the GBRS, but lord if I could go back a year, I would do things totally differently.[/quote]

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