Please note though, that if your school is anything like mine, the meeting you attend will go over the results (good), but then present you with a GIEP they've already crafted (not good). Don't sign until you've had your say! Even if you like the GIEP, it's not a bad idea to say "wow, this is overwhelming, I hope you don't mind if I take this home to read through it again", without signing. Then you can make more thought out suggestions for changes versus feeling put on the spot.
A perfect plan is unlikely, but try to get a few key accommodations in place to help pave the way for the future. Have you thought about what you might suggest?
We aren't planning on signing on the spot. DW and I are on the same page with that one. I expect a canned GIEP that doesn't identify his current level and mostly offers the pull out program.
In the ideal world--the world in which a GIEP is truly individualized--we'd want DS to be doing the 3rd grade math curriculum and similar level for reading REPLACING the existing curriculum. The approach so far has been "once he's done his assigned work, we can give him more interesting material." They rarely get to the more interesting material.
What we can actually get in reality, I don't know. I'm starting to really wonder what's reasonable to expect from school. This week with my MIL who is a 3rd grade teacher in a public school was interesting. She was essentially telling us to not expect much at all unless we enrolled DS in a private school (not really in the budget).
But I am thankful that we're one step closer. This is good...
JB
