Thanks all for the comments. We have tried public school twice and both times was just such a mess...they refused the acceleration that was recommended both times by psychologists after testing...hence why we homeschool. I never know what to believe when it comes to his IEP - it is a different story every time we talk to someone at the county level. His IEP started when he was 3 and he had both Speech and OT (he has Dyspraxia) and had been getting services since then....this past year, they dropped his OT which floored me and so I asked for an Assistive Technology assessment (which they fought me tooth and nail stating he was not allowed that assessment since he was a homeschooler)...I contacted the Dept of ED at the state level and spoke with everyone I could find and they informed me that yes, he was eligible for an AT assessment and they informed our county of this and so they did the assessment finally (which showed he more than doubled his written output when he was allowed to use technology devices instead of handwriting). I think by calling the State level they realized he had been denied gifted services by the county and we were informed he was finally allowed to take part in the gifted program which is when our county told us about the whole "all or nothing" IEP.
We had really hoped that this gifted pullout would be something he would enjoy and he was really excited about it because he was really wanting to connect with other gifted children. As of now, DS shares that they do not do any kind of team work and that he never gets a chance to actually talk with the other kids because of the type of teacher driven activities they are doing. He has been sick the past 2 days and when I asked him about how he felt that he was missing the gifted class his response was that he was happy....so I guess that sums it all up :-( So now I suppose I need to once again call the state level to find out if it against Wrights Law that they deny him Speech services all because this 30 minute/once a day program really is not very helpful :-(
