Hello All. So, I just had a meeting about my younger son who has a GIEP but no needs-based IEP (yet) who for some odd reason can not spell. I had to drag it out of them BUT he is at a 3rd grade spelling level and he is in 5th grade. I am livid this has been allowed to continue. And pulling that info alone out of the reading specialist was like pulling teeth so I guess they know they screwed up. I have been expressing concern for years about his spelling and am always told "he's fine." So, they were saying they will not put a needs-based goal in a GIEP so they said they would send me a Permission to Evaluate. In the meantime, I insisted that they must remediate his spelling and writing mechanics while waiting for the eval because he is going to middle school next year and it is already October. If we wait for the permission to eval and the eval to be done, it'll be the end of the school year before anything happens. They said they would come up with a plan - let's hope so. I need to know what tests does he need to be given (he is currently in 5th grade and is 10 years old). He already had a WISC V done a few years ago (which is how he ended up with a GIEP) and he has/had a nice even profile - all subtests moderately gifted (very gifted in the Visual-perceptual subtests, , no evidence of any disabilities. He has no other issues - above grade level in reading. Well above grade level in math (accelerated two years), athletic, coordinated, learns things easily (except spelling). Just a very neurotypical bright kid who Can.Not.Spell.
I think he needs the PAL II for writing and writing mechanics and spelling(?) What other tests? Thanks!
