I was wondering if an IEP is an appropriate thing to ask for for a child who needs to have his curriculum compacted. In the case of DS, he has no known disabilities and since our state's standard form begins with:
• Enter student’s Disability Code:___
10 Intellectual Disability
43 Deafblindness
70 Orthopedic Impairment
82 Autism Spectrum Disorder
20 Hearing Impairment
50 Communication Disorder
74 Traumatic Brain Injury
90 Specific Learning Disability
40 Visual Impairment
60 Emotional Disturbance
80 Other Health Impairment
I'm confused about what to put down for his "code". 10? (How is his learning fast a disability in the eyes of a school?) 80? (Is boredom a health impairment?) 90? (This seems closest to his situation, although "Specific Learning Ability Challenge" is more accurate.)
I've heard about
GIEP's but when I Googled it I only got something about
Hoagie's Page: Pennsylvania's GIEP's. Does this mean they don't exist in all states?
The reason I am asking is I'm wondering if having an IEP will require the school DS attends to compact his curriculum, assuming coming right out and asking doesn't accomplish that or something similar that may work to solve our current problem with his rate of learning vs. school pace.
