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[quote=Anonymous]How can [b]MY[/b] actual experience be wrong.  My child is 2E or 3E or whatever they have come up with now (smart, several profound LDs and ADHD).  Yet, when he was [i]first[/i] tested in the FCPS system we were told that in order to qualify he had to be failing without supports.  If he was not failing, then he was accessing the curriculum for his grade.  We were "Lucky" in that he did need supports to not fail.  (He tests in the 98-99th percentile for intelligence and in the 2nd to 4th percentile for reading, similar for his printing abilities) I know several families who had smart children (95-99th percentile on intelligence) but were reading between the 25th and 50th percentile that were not given access to supports or special education services.  They are now in some of the private schools in the area that cater to these types of children.

I agree that they should receive services, but IME, they may not.  There are many things that should happen, but they don't.

In [/b]MY[b] experience with FCPS, they will limit the services as much as possible to contain costs.  They have NEVER volunteered any services, we have had to do the research ourselves to figure out what services our son should be getting under ADA, NCLB and IDEA and ask for them.  If we don't ask, he doesn't get. We have had to pay for private testing because the school's was woefully inadequate and only scratched the surface of his issues.  [/quote]

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