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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]

Well, that's more a requirement of the ADA. A child your son's age must meet at least one of the 13 disabilities outlined by the ADA/IDEA in order to qualify for special education or an IEP. So, if he is to get these things, he WILL need a label which means he will be evaluated to see if he meets any of the criteria for one. I'm no doctor but he sounds possibly ADD. That would qualify him. There could be other stuff going on which is why he is evaluated by the different specialists such as psych and speech and occupational therapists and hearing technicians. They are all evaluating him to give their input into what the see to determine what, if any, label best defines him. I understand your apprehension but in my experience  it's not a "hey just call him autistic to get him an iep" situation at all. They will take their time and thoroughly evaluate and you can always go private as well if you wish for a second opinion or corroboration. [/quote]

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