polarbear, her 504 was put in place at the beginning of the school year for sensory processing disorder (sensory seeking). She got that dx at age 4 before going to kindergarten, in anticipation of kindergarten, but that was in another city and it was just a dx, no interventions.
Then we moved to LA and DD happened to have an excellent, old school, full-bodied, playful and interesting kindergarten experience. We didn't need a 504.
First grade... sure enough, DD was put in "time out" for the first two full days of school, in front of the class, due to her not following directions (wiggly and impulsive), thus the 504. And then the official ADHD hyperactive type diagnosis from UCLA. "Ritalin will fix everything," has been the hope from the school. Never any OT evaluation or interventions, no suggestions for us at home, etc.
Thankfully, after that rocky start, DD's teacher has come around to be a strong advocate and understands DD's ADHD dx after all. Recently DD's teacher verbally suggested a reading disability (then hesitated to request testing - I'll do that!), and wants us to have her eyesight tested.
So it's time to reconvene the 504 group officially. I'll request an IEP and additional testing in writing, based on the new dx of ADHD and the 50 point spread between processing speed/performance and cognitive ability, as well as low DIEBELS reading scores done by the school.
We are DESPERATE for help. Homework has been tearing our home life apart. Seriously, it's been hell. It's taken h.o.u.r.s. to have her even get started.
Anyway, sorry for the vent.
The test was done yesterday, Sunday, and the full report with recommendations have not come back. We're not entirely sure why he thinks dysgraphia instead of dyslexia (I think dyslexia but I am not, in fact, an expert ;-)), only because he didn't have time to verbally explain that to us. He is a fantastic and well respected psychologist.
There are no gifted services at the school she is in right now, but we can move to a neighborhood with a school that does offer gifted services. This week, we find out if DD was selected by lottery for the "gifted" magnet (gifted lite = more art and more field trips, but hey, that's great for us, because we are not requesting a grade skip at this point, we just don't want her to end up in jail in 3rd grade because she's bored).
