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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don't be afraid of a label if it can help your kid. [/quote]

I'm not at all afraid of a label if it can help my child, I know this can be a touchy subject, so I was worried this would be misinterpreted when I said it. What I actually said was that I don't want him carrying around a label if it is wrong because it wouldn't be beneficial/appropriate for his education.

I'm absolutely in favor of interventions and extra support if that is what he needs, but I was looking at how they determine eligibility in the FCPS handbook and there were numerous criteria and the child needs to fall into one or more categories to be eligible. For example, autism, or vision impairment, or hearing impaired etc. I didn't see any that said "other" or "undetermined", which implies that the child needs to fall into one of these specific categories to be eligible. I don't want the school to say, "well he can be eligible under this criteria" just to get him intervention. Then they write up an IEP stating that he has this specific learning disability when he doesn't actually have it. He's made progress each grading period, but he's just not at the same level as everyone else in his class, and I'm sure he's ahead of some of his classmates too. There's a wide range out there and not all of it is normal or typical I guess?

Anyways, thanks for your responses everyone, very helpful![/quote]

If you look at pg 9, the handbook talks about "meeting the criteria for one of the 14" special education categories to qualify for an IEP.  As everyone knows, the is an educational label not a diagnosis.  They try to fit the child into a category that most closely describes the child's deficits.   They are not trying to diagnose your child but provide the supports and services that are needed - this is tailored to the child by the child's IEP team so ultimately the "label" does not matter.[/quote]

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