BWmom

Wow !!! Thank you JSD for this valuable input. I could not say it better than you did here. What you wrote sounds perfect and makes perfect sense. They dont give me a hard time. Can I also ask the Special Ed Department to do more testing to see if he actually has more learning disabilities that are adding to his difficulty in school? I know that would be separate from the IEP goals/ meeting. But I could bring it up at IEP meeting and it would be in the notes? I am so new to this, I dont know what I can ask or what I cant ask for..the whole process of the IEP is so intimidating.

Hello, My son has ADHD combined type. He is in 5th grade but academcially he performs at 3rd grade level in reading and writing and ELA. He had his first IEP meeting but the goals were put together at the 1st meeting that reveiwed his evaluation and testing material (discussed by the psychologist) and they slammed down last minute goals that are only focused on one goal:self monitoring and checking off a checklist at only 5 hours a week , in classroon. He got super behind with the Covid online schooling 2 yrs ago and is deficient in phonics, can barely write a sentence (except super basic like: The bird sang a song.) He is having a difficult time with grammer, spelling and reading comprehension. Can I ask the team to just dodge the slef monitoring goal and do the BASICS in reading and writing instead? He is not super hyperactive in the classroom, but he does have problems with keeping on task and organizing his work. Any thoughts? I am looking at super basic reading and writing IEP goals..is this the wrong direction to go in? I welcome your thoughts....