Thinking I need to change how I describe our daughter who has FAS….mild mental retardation (which is true, esp in testing)as opposed to LD…which she is, but now in HS her gaps are more and more profound.

Son has been in the never-ending cycle of RTI (denied IEP & 504). Full year of RTI & w/ more modifications & accommodations than we requested in 504 hearing. Have fundamental opposition to Common Core Standards due to process of implementation & lack of evidence to support (not opposed to good, high standards or progress testing) IMO, CCSS are full of untested, unproven (zero independent empirical research to support), and in some cases disproven, methods of learning. Heavy on whole language, fuzzy, convoluted “new” math. My question is do parents have ground to stand on when arguing RTI mandates proven, research based interventions but the standards themselves (what my son is to learn and how) are not based on research?

My first grade child with DS has been in a regular ed classroom with support (in accordance with the IEP). Last year, without my knowledge, the school put her into a self-contained classroom for two hours a day. They said she would be getting the support she needed in there from now on (instead of support outside the classroom in a small group setting). I am not comfortable with her being in there because that ESE teacher told me that my child is the highest functioning student they have. How can I request that she go back to the small group setting outside the classroom and do you think it’s better? Thank you!

7th grade daughter has ADD. She has an IEP and attends public middle school. She rides the school district bus that is zoned for our neighborhood. Bus stop to far away for her and she is easily distracted, and loses track of time. District transportation will not modify. Can I ask this as an ADA Accommodation under her IEP? Thanks

Than anything developed at the IEP is invalid, no need to go further.

"In addition…[.....]" everything you said after that is ILLEGAL. Contact your State Department of Education and they will help you out.

Finally, as an aside, in this case the parent is asking to trial the stander at home. This seems to indicate that the child’s needs are either unknown and/or the parent is hoping to purchase a stander and would like to do a pre-purchase trial. While a good idea, how is the trial the school’s responsibility? Also, if the stander is sent home, what will the student use at school instead?