I have two boys Jacob who is 7 and Tyler who is almost 2. Jacob was diagnosed in September of last year with Tourette Syndrome, ADHD, and OCD. He is also highly gifted, he has skipped one grade and the school is pressing him to skip another (the school did test him and according to them his IQ is 148). They refuse to acknowledge the TS diagnosis and the aggressive, impulsive behaviors that are associated with the TS. The say that there is no gap between his performance and his ability so he was denied an IEP and they also denied a 504. He does have a behavioral PEP but that's it. What can I do to get the school to stop pushing the grade skipping and get them to assign him a teacher who is willing to teach him? Yesterday we had a meeting and I said that I wanted a teacher who would nurture him and help him and challenge him and they said "you want someone who will go the extra mile". I said nope I want a teacher who knows that they must teach all the kids in their classrooms from their low lows to their high highs. As a teacher I know that you now have a wide range of abilities in your classroom at any given time and it�s my job to accommodate and differentiate for all my students. Any ideas on what I can do? I'm at my wits end with his school.
Thanks,
Becky
