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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I will point out two things. First, as a former elementary teacher, I think most Hispanic and black parents are way, way too deferential to teachers' assessment of their children, including AAP resource teacher. In my experience white and especially Asian parents are much, much more willing to go over a teacher's head and advocate for their children to be in the AAP program. They go and appeal and get a wisc. They parent referral so the student is screened regardless. Black and hispanic parents seem to accept a teacher's assessment that their child shouldn't be in the program and leave it at that. [/quote]

I could totally see this.  My spouse, who is in a pediatric specialty, says that white, educated parents are much more likely to question his diagnosis, ask for other explanations, etc.  In contrast, he said that black and Latino families (who are less likely to be well-educated in our urban, gentrifying area) are less likely to ask questions or challenge him, and more apt to just accept his opinion as the authority.  FWIW.  I think part of it is education/health literacy, and part of it may be cultural (deference to authority).  [/quote]

Yes, this was my experience as an African American mother with three kids in the AAP program. All three kids were in pool, but on the low side of the cut-offs. All three kids were actively discouraged by the AART from the AAP program and didn't get level III services during K-2. I parent referral all three and after looking at the packet, saw the low GBRS and frankly weak work samples complied by said AART and teachers and took matters into my own hands. All three were rejected, I hustled and got all three WISCs and all three were eventually accepted.

It's an uphill battle. I see a lot of people of color either blindly accepting a teacher's or AART's assessment. I didn't and there were still a zillion hoops to jump through all the while trying to convince myself I wasn't setting up my kids' for failure if they ended up in the AAP program and couldn't handle the pace.

My view of it is that it's a good program, all of my kids seem well prepared for middle/high school. But it's definitely set up in a way to pull a good portion of well resourced parents who have no problem fighting and advocating for their children from the general classroom population.[/quote]

There is no level III in K-2. [/quote]

There actually is, I believe. My kids got pull outs during K-2. They called it Level II in K and Level III in first and second.[/quote]

I think it is Level II in K-2 and Level III for 3-6.[/quote]

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