They are telling me that he doesn't qualify academically beacause he is very smart. Which is true. Sometimes I think he knows more than me! I am still waiting to find out when the meeting is and I will attend and see what they propose then.No... IQ has NOTHING to do with getting an IEP. An IEP is given if a child's disability affects his education -- academics, physical, communication, management, developmental, social -- these are ALL part of "education." If the child's disability does not affect his education but DOES affect a "major life activity," then he qualifies for a 504. Speech issues certainly affect communication, which is a major life activity. I know TONS of kids with superior IQ's who have IEP's. In fact, a good friend of mine has a son who is now at Yale. This boys was classified as "Other Health Impaired" because of his ADHD. All he ever really needed was OT, and he got that on an IEP. Eventually, a neurologist said he's probably Aspie, but they never chose to share that with the school. It wouldn't have gotten him any more services and he was in a parentally placed private school (NY allows some IEP services for a child even if in a private school, but that varies, state to state). This boy's tested IQ was 140. He STILL had an IEP because his OT issues affected his education. So, you see, IQ has nothing to do with getting services expect that the child cannot qualify for certain classifications, like MR.I had my son informally evaled for ot and speech. The seemed to think he didn't need an iep, but a 504 pan. my question is if he doesn't get speech services should i push for a formal full eval in speech ot, sensory stuff, behavioral ect? I just don' know what recourse to take. And my dd will be atttending the special needs preschool there so I don't want to piss them off too much LOLI would ask for a formal eval for special education services. THe fact is, school districts get reimbursed for IEP but NOT for 504 ISP's. That is because IEP's come under education law (partially funded) and 504's are under Civil Rights law (unfunded). The obvious result is that school districts are far more reluctant to give extra services under 504. Of course, each system costs the district something, so they'd rather not give anything if they can get away with it. Of course, to receive an IEP, the disability has to have a detrimental affect on the child's education. But education does not just mean academics. It can encompass social and physical and behavioral issues, too. Also, an IEP gives you far more procedural safeguards than a 504 does. I LOOKED UP 504 STUFF SPEECH ISSUES DISQUALIFY FOR 54 PLANS. They tell me that it isn't interfering with his education. I don't know. I figure I will see what they try to propose and go from there. So I should put the request for a full eval inwriting to the teacher and principal?I would opt for a FULL neuropsychological evaluation. You can ask for outside evals at the District's expense once you disagree with the conclusions drawn by their initial evals. Or you can pay for the outside evals yourself or you can see if there are neuropsyches on your insurance. It's up to you, of course, but I wouldn't allow this to end here. I have yet to see a single PDD-NOS child or Aspie to NOT have his education affected. BTW, anytime the District refuses to give you a service, you can ask for Prior Written Notice. They are really supposed to volunteer it, but few do. This is an official written notice about what was refused and why. Ask for it in writing, but before you do, go to www.wrightslaw.com and search Prior Written Notice. My instinct is that your child should have a comprehensive evaluation by the school district. Tzoya is right, IQ DOES NOT MATTER! Also a complete neuropsych eval is an incredibly useful tool. I wish Andrew had had this done BEFORE age 4!Thanks!
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