Advice on Closing an IEP

I've always gotten great advice from these group of moms in the past. I'm glad to find you at Great Schools.
My son was identified with visual & phonological processing problems, ADD in 2nd grade. He recieved services starting in 2nd then 3rd & 4th. He made wonderful progresss and in 5th grade returned to regular classroom with monitoring. In 6th grade he has only had monitoring on 2 goals. He has done very well in 6th grade, making straight A's for the 1st semester. I recently attended his IEP meeting and for next year 7th grade, they want to release him from the program. He did meet all his goals in 6th grade. But, I feel that he will alway need accomodations. What do you guys think?
I told them that I wouldn't agree to it. They (the teacher) said she would have to forward it to administration.

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You've received great advice - and I concur. He should be re-evaluated before being dismissed. Take a close look at the data - is it solid? How does he do on timed vs untimed tests? Be sure to look at individual sub-test scores - not just overall broad reading and math scores. Sometimes students have a lot of scatter between subtests - indicating underlying problems.

If the data supports the decision to remove him from an IEP and you feel confident that he can maintain a solid level of performance without the services listed on his IEP you would agree AS A TEAM at A TEAM MEETING that he should be dismissed.

I would insist on maintaining a 504 with key accommodiations. If he has a reading disablity and ADHD, time will almost always be a factor.

And - please visit us at the Learning and Attention Difficulties Group community.greatschools.net/groups/11554 .

I concur that ADHD is a lifelong condition, and your son is likely to need accoms in the future. I know that some schools allow children to move to a "consult IEP" status when they no longer seem to need direct remediation services. Other students move to a 504Plan. Is your son currently in Middle School? (some kids start at 6th grade, others at 7th.) If he doesn't currently have to switch teachers and classrooms and keep track of all his things, I would be EXtremely hesitant to consider removing him from his IEP...Many "neurotypical" kids stumble as far as organization/time management issues in Middle School, and ADHD'ers have a much harder time.
Looking ahead into High School, if your son would benefit from accommodations like extended time to take tests in a quiet room, he is unlikely to get approval for that on his college SAT/ACT tests without a "paper trail" in place(IEP or 504)
You might find even more advice and support from the parents in the Learning and Attention Difficulties Group at community.greatschools.net/groups/11554

They should do a complete reevaluation before they exit him to ensure that the evidence supports an exit. Also, you may want to bring up the issue of putting him on a 504, they can use the same eval, to ensure that accommodations are implemented. Please keep us updated.

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