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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DD had an IEP and the school psych and sped teachers both told me a similar thing.  They told me this, however, three months before the reveal planning was due.  We were not sure what to think so we took her to be tested privately and sure enough she wouldn't have qualified.  [b]There was no discrepancy between achievement and IQ.  [/b]The truth was the school knew she needed the special instruction to continue to make grade appropriate gains but she no longer qualified as having  a specific learning disability.  It may have been unethical but it was certainly advice given in my child's best interest.  [/quote]

Are you 16:29?  You sound like it.  If you have any experience and knowledge of the IEP process, you'd know that there doesn't need to be a discrepancy between IQ and achievement.  You should stop giving advice.[/quote]

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+1.

IDEA specifically states that "schools may not REQUIRE a significant discrepancy" to qualify/identify a child as having an SLD.  The significant discrepancy (between IQ and achievement scores) is still one way that a student can qualify for an SLD.  In fact, it is often the way that gifted kids qualify even when they have good grades and "average" achievement scores, but are showing some other "educational impact" (like failure to participate, failure to turn in homework, lack of motivation, anxiety, inability to finish work in allotted time, inability to independently manage workload, depression, etc.)

The other way that IDEA permits SLD diagnosis is thru the "Response to Intervention" process.  This is confusing for many parents.  There is a great article here that thoroughly explains the significant-discrepancy and RTI models of SLD identification, why RTI was added.

See http://www.wrightslaw.com/idea/art/rti.hale.pdf

As this article states, clearly with cites to statute and interpretation, RTI can be one aspect of SLD identification, but it should not be the SOLE method for SLD determination.

For the PP at the top of the thread, if the school knew that your child needed special education to continue making grade appropriate gains, then they could have qualified your child under RtI.  What they were doing was unethical AND a disservice to you and your child because your child was denied a full, free cognitive ability and achievement evaluation, something to which she was legally entitled.

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