Qualifying for Special Education

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Qualifying for Special Education
By pjm

To qualify for special ed you need to have a descrepancy between where your performance is expected to be based on your IQ and your actual performance.....so for example let's say you have an average IQ of 100 but you are
unable to perform at an average ability that's expected for an IQ of 100...that no matter how hard they try and no matter how much time mom and dad spend helping the student still is unable to perform at grade level. At this point he may be tested by the school psychologist....and be found to have a learning disability based upon a descrepancy that is found....
Now if you're working

with a low IQ child there is likely to be NO descrepancy in the child's performance and the ability so therefore they do not qualify for special ed services unless their IQ falls to a low enough level to qualify as a mentally impaired child.

does this help to make some sense of it? It's unfortunate that those children in the grey area can not get services - we all know they need it....and hopefully someday in the future those needs will be adressed until that time the law has tied our hands!