I spoke with the reading specialist at the school yesterday as she was unable to attend the meeting. I asked about the IEP vs. 504. She has 2 (college-aged) children of her own with similar cases to my daughters who are under one of the older models so they have IEPs. Her advice was to make sure that the 504 accommodations (if that is all that my daughter needs) will be enforceable in college. Because her kids continue to need those.
I do get your point, DeeDee, about the services & her need to qualify for them. I will closely monitor that aspect of this process. Thanks for the heads-up. I have found this counselor & group of teachers extremely helpful & willing to work with my daughter. But it has taken a long time to get to this point & I want to make sure we get everything taken care of properly so we don't find ourselves back here again in the future.
Thanks for the resource, Grinity. I will check into it. I like the metaphor of hothousing; all 3 of my kids fall into that at times. Actually, so do I.
