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AUTHOR: ladyracer20DATE: 04/03/03 7:58pm
SUBJECT: MY SON IS GIVING UP---HELP!!
i WILL TRY TO MAKE THIS SHORT. i HOPE SOMEONE OUT THERE WILL READ THIS AND OFFER SOME ADVICE BEFORE IT IS TO LATE FOR THIS 15 YEAR OLD BOY. HE IS IN EIGHTH GRADE AND IS FAILING EVERY SUBJECT. HE IS DIAGNOSED ADD. HE HAS BEEN ON A IEP FOR 4 YEARS DUE TO PREVIOUS SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PROBLEMS AND ADD. THE SCHOOL DOES NOT REGONIZE HIM AS A LEARNING DISABILED CHILD THOUGH. THEY SAY ALL OF HIS PROBLEMS ARE HIS BECAUSE HE DOESNT CARE HE WONT COMPLETE HOMEWORK STUDY ETC. THE LAST IEP MEETING THEY TOLD ME YOUR SON IS NOT LEARNING DISABILED HE JUST DOESNT CARE. THEY SAID THERE IS NOT ENOUGH DISCREPENCY BETWEEN IQ AND ACHEIVEMENT. THEY KEPT HIM ON IEP FOR THE ADD AND HE GETS I HOUR OF TUTORING IN STUDY HALL BY A SEMI-RETIRED TEACHER. I HAVE BEEN PLEADING WITH THEM FOR YEARS THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG HE CRIES AT HOME HE SAYS HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THE CLASS. THEY SAY SORRY HE IS LAZY. I DECIDED TO HAVE A SPEECH AND LANGUAGE EVUALUATION AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL. MUCH TO MY SURPRISE I FOUND OUT MY SONS PROBLEM. HE READS ON A 2ND GRADE LEVEL AND WRITES ON A 3RD. I WAS SHOCKED BUT AFTER I CALMED DOWN I CALLED A MEETING EXCITED TO TELL THE SCHOOL WHAT WE HAD FOUND! wELL, THEY CAME UP WITH A NEW THEORY. THEY SAID THAT HE IS GETTING ALL THE HELP HE QUALIFIES FOR THEIR IS NOTHING MORE THEY CAN DO, UNTIL MY SON CHANGES HIS ATTITUDE THEY ARE POWERLESS TO OFFER HIM ANYTHING. THEY SAID THAT ACCORDING TO HIS IQ WHICH WAS 101 AT ONE TIME 95 ANOTHER THAT HIS READING IS NOT THAT FAR BEHIND. UNBELIEVABLE!!!! THEY SAID IT WAS UP TO US AND MY SON TO CHANGE THIS AROUND. I AM SO FRUSTRATED I HAVE CUT OFF ALL CONTACT WITH THEM. I FEEL MY SON IS NOT BEING EDUCATED AT ALL. IT IS OBVIOUSE HE IS LEARNING DISABLED AND NO WONDER HE HAS GIVEN UP. AM I WRONG TO FEEL THE SCHOOL IS WAY OUT OF LINE. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO OR WHO TO TURN TO CAN SOMEONE GIVE ME SOME HELP BEFORE I LOSE MY PRECIOUS SON WHO THINKS HE IS STUPID AND WON'T EVER LEARN.
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MY SON IS GIVING UP---HELP!!
 ladyracer2004/03/03 07:58pm
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 joyfuljennifer06/30/03 04:28pm
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