You are not alone. I don't advocate. I can't prove my child needs anything because NZ does not test really (standards are national but fairly subjective) and while he is supposedly a year ahead (that is as far as they go) in reading and maths he is behind in writing. They do their maths in mixed ability groups. There is nothing i can realistically advocate for. I picked the school for several reasons but most of them have changed since then. Schools are all much the same here so changing wouldn't help. So i don't advocate.
Last night ds7 said he wanted to be like other kids. He thinks if he wasn't gluten free and didn't have toileting problems and didn't get dehydrated if he doesn't drink enough he would be just like everyone else.
