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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP - what are your child's current needs?

I would assume not a learning disability in math if they are capable of advanced placement.  My guess would be executive functioning difficulties?

The question for the IEP team is what direct specialized instruction does your student need to be access the advanced math curriculum.  I've worked with many students that a 15 minute pull out weekly to support on organizing materials, looking at due dates and making a plan is sufficient to give them access to the advanced math curriculum.

If its in class behavior of staying on task, are there any accommodations that could be added to support the student that don't include a teacher.  I'm a big advocate for students with attention needs to be taught to self monitor behavior and use something like a WatchMinder to help cue someone back to attention.  (This would include specialized instruction and support from a special education teacher but not for the duration of the class everyday.)

At the elementary level many SPED services are provided in a teacher who pushes in or out of multiple classrooms.  At the middle and high school levels it is a more efficient use of teachers to group students together and provide a co-teacher for the duration of a class period to provide specialized instruction.  However this can be a misuse of special education teacher time as students may not need direct specialized instruction for the entire class.  However it can create a scheduling nightmare and our schools are very much lacking special education teachers.  Not an excuse, we need to give our students the access they are entitled to by law, just background context to help support your discussions with the school.  [/quote]

It’s all well and nice for us to understand that there is a shortage of special Ed teachers but take a look at the date of the DOE letter. The denial of access to advanced classes for students with disabilities has been a problem since idea was created. I dealt with this a decade ago. Schools will continue to do this whether they have the resources or not. [/quote]

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