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Denied IEP because of FSIQ


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My almost 6 year old is newly diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and anxiety.  I wrote for an initial eval for an IEP.  The school agreed and did all the evals.  The deemed her ineligible for an IEP because she is too smart, "she doesn't need special ed" but offered her a 504 with PT, OT, Speech, and Counselor support.  She is having an extremely hard time tolerating the school environment and is developing school refusal.  I have a follow up meeting with the school tomorrow.  I was hoping to see if anyone had any advised to help show them how much this is impacting her.  

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I think the first question to ask is if the 504 is being implemented correctly.  If so and she is still struggling, that means she needs more.  You might request an FBA (Functional Behavioral Assessment) in order to determine the underlying causes of the school refusal and the supports that are needed to correct the situation.  If the FBA shows that addressing the underlying causes requires more than supports (specialized instruction), then advocate for an IEP again and a BIP (Behavioral Intervention Plan).

What areas did they evaluate her in?  If the reason for the IEP denial was "she's too smart," did they only do an academic assessment?  They should also have done social/emotional/behavioral assessments.  Another option you have if you disagree with the school's evaluation or feel it was insufficient is to request an IEE (Independent Educational Evaluation) at no cost to you.

Keep a log of what is going on with your daughter - dates you struggle to get her to go to school and how long it takes, struggles at school she tells you about, etc.  Use the log to show impact.  Also speak with the general education teacher about incidents and ask if her grades are dropping.

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She had a speech eval which she scored very well on except in pragmatics which she scored below average her worst section was for classroom interaction which as poor.  She had an OT eval which she scored below average on and had lots of sensory concerns.  She had a PT eval which she scored average on but had difficulty with stairs, which poses a safety risk.  She had a full psychological eval which showed a FSIQ of 124.  I have multiple emails to the teacher in the morning about the difficulties going into school.  I had started keeping a log of things she had said since September about school.  She uses rote often to answer questions like "how was school today" she'll respond "It was great!" and then as the conversation continues she is talking about how the lunch aid was yelling and it hurt her ears and she didn't like it.  

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How do PT, OT, SLP....know what to work on? What are the goals? Are there goals? And if there are goals....sounds like an IEP to me. 

I suppose there's nothing in IDEA preventing a student from having a 504 with FOUR related services....but it's odd. Why not just give an IEP when it's obvious the child needs it? To prevent having to progress monitor, maybe? Who knows why they do what they do.

Read up on IEEs if you haven't already. You may want to consider asking for one if you disagree with their evaluations. Ditto to what Carolyn said about keeping track of the school refusal stuff. 

 

Remember tomorrow you don't have to agree to anything, you can just listen and process the information over the weekend. (and post it here, of course)

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Score Summary.     Composite Score       Percentile Rank            Qualitative Description

Verbal Comprehension   VCI 123                     94                            Superior

Visual Spatial                       VSI 132                     98                      Very Superior

Fluid Reasoning                  FRI 117                   87                        High Average

Working Memory              WMI 97                   42                        Average

Processing Speed               PSI 121                   92                        Superior

Full Scale IQ FSIQ 124 95 Superior

 

 

Verbal Comprehension Index = Information 14, Similarities 14

Visual Spatial Index = Block Design 16, Object Assembly 15

Fluid Reasoning Index = Picture Concepts 13, Matrix Reasoning 13

Working Memory Index= Picture Memory 11, Zoo Locations 8

Processing Speed Index = Bug Search 12, Cancellation 15

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I just received her pragmatic assessment scores, they were not originally included

 

Here is the breakdown for the Pragmatic Language Index 35th% Score : Low Average

Classroom Interaction 5th%, Score :Poor

Social Interaction 91th %, Score :Above Average
Personal Interaction 16th %, Score : Below Average
 
She is receiving speech under RTI and will be reassessed in April.  It is very frustrating because her "Social Interaction" score is so falsely inflated due to her anxiety and intense fear of getting in trouble.  
 
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