TracyV

Yes, for all of your questions. In Illinois, they are actually required to do an eval but basically tried to talk her into just a 504. Her son is 7th grade so, yes, has been very good at masking. My concern was that once they deny her eval request, she'll have to wait a year before asking again, if she feels like it's needed. Is that timeline of rerequesting an eval correct? It's a tough one because he does not want any help at school and she has spoken to other parents in district who say that the support from the district is not helpful whatsoever.

Advised my friend to do an eval request based on new neuropsych eval that diagnosed dyslexia. School is seeming to be very accomodating but steering her away from IEP eval and she is considering just doing a 504. In the meantime, they have set up a meeting to discuss but also stated that "that is also the date the we must give you an official response to your evaluation request". I do not trust that they will not use this as a way to deny her request, thus tying her hands for another year. Advice?

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