My 16 year old has a written expression learning disability according to the latest evaluation. The IEP team says the discrepancy isn't large enough to write IEP goals.

I suggested having him son dictate to a scribe. The team said asking another student to help would be intrusive and would violate my child's confidentiality.

We tried Handwriting without Tears. It frustrated him because it was so elementary. 

What other ideas are there for assisting with a written expression disorder 
in a 16-year-old?  

I need ideas to take to the IEP meeting.

Transition

He also will turn 16 just before school is out so the implementation part of 
the transition plan should begin.  He wants assistance with obtaining and 
retaining a job.  The SpEd Director tells me she "can't do this."  Is that 
true?

His disability category is OHI and he functions academically at a very high 
level with appropriate supports.  So, does that mean that job acquisition is 
something he needs to do on his own?  I'm not clear on the transition 
requirements for a mild disability.

FROM SUE

Try this out on your IEP team.

This is not a minor disability if your son intends to go to college, or may decide later to go to college, and his handwriting skills affect his written expression ability.

The purpose statement of IDEA 04 has changed. The law says we prepare children for further education. For a child with an average IQ that can arguably mean college. 

College means SATs. SATs have a written expression component. That means he needs master the components of written expression - handwriting, grammar, spelling,  mechanics of writing, need to be addressed.

To use a computer for the writing portion of the SAT the student would need to provide an evaluation documenting that he can't write. A history of using a computer as an accommodation is not sufficient documentation. 
 
http://www.collegeboard.com/ssd/student/index.html
http://www.collegeboard.com/ssd/prof/compaccom.html 

IDEA 04 requires transition services that address functional skills, what a child can learn not just what he has  
learned, when designing transition services. That means the team needs to getting moving to improve his functional skills so his transition to further education is not impeded by inadequate transition services.

The frustrating news is that Handwriting Without Tears is a  good program for teaching handwriting. No matter what program he uses, he is going to have to start at he beginning and learn to write. He will get frustrated, there is no way around it. 

If he could have learned to write by taking shortcuts and skipping steps, he would have done so by now.