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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, here, I haven't responded yet, despite the above assumptions. Thanks for the helpful responses (for the benefit of future posters, those presuming what a posters true concenrs are, despite the question posed, are not helpful and simply cause more frustration). We have no concern that services will be taken away. We have had quite the opposite problem of having to fight very hard at one time, after kindgarten, to keep my son mainstream when the school wanted him send to a different school and into a class with kids with emotional disabilities. After a phenomenal 1st grade, everyone now admits that taking him out of mainstream would have been a huge mistake. So there is some level of distrust here. I'm not confident this school wants to deal with kids with special needs. We also have had him tested twice for autism privately and have been told he doesn't have it. We will test again. My concern is based on posts, similar to what is on this thread, saying that some school psychologists are not qualified to do this type of testing. Sounds like there is not a clear answer as to what we have consent to and not (which is surprising) and I need to do some legal research to better determine how to proceed. Thanks again.[/quote]

OP,  I think that your history with the school suggests you should get an advocate.  You clearly did a good job with keeping him mainstreamed in first, but you aren't an expert at this. I would start bringing an attorney to these meetings and a tape recorder.  I only dealt with school professionals in the LD area once and it was a misery.[/quote]

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