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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Something about what you wrote stands out to me.  If your son is partially deaf, does he not have an IEP?  Does his IEP state that he needs accomodations for testing?  I cannot imagine how a child who is partially deaf could be expected to do his potential on a test given orally.  Was he given accomodations?  If not, I would address that in your optional papers that you submit.

[quote=Anonymous]My son did not do as well as I thought he would on the CogAT and Naglieri.  He has all outstanding grades, the teachers tell me how bright he is, how he works well beyond the grade level in math, etc.  Plus he is bored in math and reading.  Consequently, we are doing a parent referral.  I am writing this post for all parents whose children were not automatically referred as a result of their test scores but who believe that their children are not sufficiently challenged in the regular curriculum in the hope that it helps people.  My son is also partially deaf and I recently learned that one of the tests was given orally, which he does not process well.

We are having him take the WISC at George Mason.  They told us that they are trying to get everyone who gets an appointment before February 4th should also be able to get the results before that date so that they can be submitted with the parent referral.  Assuming he does well on this (and our AAP coordinator at our school told us that kids tend to do better on the WISC because it is in an individual format rather than group testing), we will submit the results with the parent referral.  If he doesn't get in, we'll try again next year (they get to take the CogAT and Naglieri over in school one time).  I am hoping that with his grades, his (hopefully) better WISC score, and his teachers saying that he needs to be further challenged, that this will be enough.  If anyone has advice about what has worked in putting in items for the parent referral, I would appreciate it.  [/quote][/quote]

No, he does not have an IEP.  He does have a letter from his doctor regarding his hearing results showing moderate hearing loss in one ear which stated that he must sit in the front of the classroom.  Was the school supposed to do an IEP based on this?  I really don't know about such things as we only joined the school last year.  Should I still bring  up his hearing loss in the referral?  Unfortunately, our WISC test was cancelled today due to the snow so we'll just be relying on the parent referral without the new test results.  Has anyone else succeeded getting their kid into AAP without submitting new test results?  If so, what documentation did you submit?[/quote]

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