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[quote=Anonymous]Thank you for the prayers, and thank you all for the responses. We had the EMT meeting. Fortunately, although I think they were pretty much going to try and move us along without a 504 or anything of the sort I managed to use the correct phrasing to get an evaluation from the school psychologist. They were basically telling us that the accomodations the teacher is giving her are "best practices" and that even without them she'd be succeeding at the grade level expectations. The teacher then said she thought maybe my kid wouldn't be suceeding at the grade level expectations if she weren't using these accomodations (like checking in frequently with her, breaking up assignments into smaller parts, having a classmate give her a cue to get up and join groups etc...) because she wouldn't be completing her work so there would be nothing to grade. Her major problems are in writing though and not reading or math. The problem is right now, in third grade, even without accomodations and being very distracted or whatever she can do the grade level material because she is working above grade level. They stressed how they are not required to support her in above grade level material. It's very dispiriting. Basically if she could walk in the class room right now and get a P in grade level material (which in 3rd grade work she could) they don't need to offer formal support because they aren't required to help her do accelerated work. One thing is she will be going to one of the gifted centers next year...maybe this will help. Not sure. But for now at least the psychologist will observe her. At least that's something! We are just trying to help her after constant complaints from her teacher all year that she isn't completing work and is having problems.[/quote]

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