ajinlove, I don't have any specific suggestions for you since I don't know your ds, but fwiw, I've found that it's easier to be successful when advocating at school if you have an idea and outline of what you want as well as suggestions re how to make it happen when you go into meetings like this. It also helps to be able to present a plan for how to make this happen with as little impact on teacher's time and efforts as possible (I'm not saying that it's not the school's responsibility to appropriately educate your child, but instead noting the reality that most teachers are already tasked with quite a lot in the typical elementary school classroom where there is usually a wide range of abilities both academically and socially/emotionally). If there's anything you can provide to help make differentiation happen that's a plus.
Hope that makes sense!
polarbear
