hahaa thank you polarbear, and it is cc6 you are replying to not ccn
*i was replying to ccn myself...
ok, well yes you are so RIGHT re the "we've never" and the "can't possibly" !!!!
in los angeles? lausd & iep's???
they give us parents *nothing*! if we don't know it, they don't tell us! we can look right at them in a mtg and say you'd like something done, and they will say sorry we don't do that. i learned quickly that you don't ask- you demand. as a result my son's iep from last nov is awesome! i demanded alot of speech therapy- working on pragmatics. but i also said why- because he is showing success in every area. everyone wants to be on a winning team? idk but again, great iep.
now at new school- they have a LOT of special needs kids and the speech therapist basically told me she didn't have time for my son because there were other kids there with greater need. that her concern was not pragmatics but how does his speech impact his learning? and she says his speech is advanced. i'm like really? you know this from 1 session? w/o testing? really???
then i conceded that "i am sure there are kids with greater needs, but unfortunately i can only advocate for my own child and his iep says *&^&^%(&^ and i expect that is what you will do." period. she blinked.
anyways. i suppose concerned parents all have stories.
whether it is because of a LD or giftedness or whatever... we want what is best for our kids and it is sad we have to fight (literally) to get it....
you'd think they would want our kids to succeed.
