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[quote=Anonymous]NP Mom here.  I did not even realize they weren't supposed to have a pre-meeting.  Our school team often does.  As for the psychologist's report, they sent me an incomplete draft a couple days before that said DD was eligible, then on the day off, swapped it out with the final that said she was not!  They were then surprised that I had the first one and said it was only a draft I wasn't supposed to get (yet, the "team" members had it). I pushed back based on our neuropsych's report (which it looked like they hadn't even considered) and some work samples I happened to have "handy."  She got an IEP, which is less than I think she needs (we spend over $1000 per month supplementing with OG based tutoring for reading, which they denied an IEP for). They have since hinted that they are trying to phase out the IEP because they don't want her to "see herself as a special needs kid" because she's so much different than the special ed kids (she's smart, maybe not exactly 2e, but quick, yet she can barely read and write).

Bottom line, I really think it's a resources/money issue.  Because my child gets better grades than some others, they think she doesn't need an IEP.  She gets ok grades because she is fairly bright and can fake it, but next year she's in 5th grade.  I'm not sure how much longer that will keep up before she implodes.  Also, it's killing her self-esteem and she has major anxiety (that we are treating with CBT -- another $800 a month).  Yah, maybe she could getting marginally passing grades without an IEP (for now) but at what cost?

So tell me, folks in side the system, is it basically all about the money and the resources?
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