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Unfortunately, it seems that a lot of the IEPs are written by specialists who spend little time with the kid. They are just outlining what the classroom teacher should do. Some of them can be quite unrealistic in expectations. They should be honest.

Are you a teacher?

I have had SO many teachers disparage experts in other fields because 'as teachers, they know best'. The height of arrogance [/quote]

Pretty clear that you are one of those who tells others what to do when you cannot do it yourself.  [/quote]

I don't believe in simply handing over the education of my children and believing they know what's best.

I was told my son was lazy up until third grade. We were refused testing when we asked. He performed well on the standardized tests, so he MUST be lazy, right? Until he told us 'I do all the work in my head and fill in the bubble - easy'. We took him for testing to the tune of 2K. Profoundly dysgraphic. School administration said since THEY didn't pick it up, it wasn't so. I asked them if they wanted to explain why their experts were better than mine in a court of law, to a judge. Apparently they didn't.

We were told by the psychiatrist who administered the tests that this is very typical - if the kids perform well on the standardized tests, they are labeled as lazy, etc., because those tests are what matters to the schools.

You can call me anything you want; my personal experience tells me otherwise.[/quote]

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