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It is standard some of my kids have IEPs, truly in our school there are almost as many kids that do have one as don't. Back when we were kids only kids with really severe problems had them, and the truth was the teachers knew who those kids were and what thier problems were without them, teachers talk to each other. I know my friend teaches first grade and she often talks to the K teachers to get a feel for her new kids. They do try to rule things out with all the testing. Now kids who have behavior problems have Ieps, they did not in the old days, so do kids who are dyslexic, most schools didn't know what that was in the 70's when I was in elementary school. No one had ever heard of ADD those kids were just called brats. Either they learned to deal with thier disabilities on thier own or they spent a lot of time in detention. Now the kids have other options, help for thier issues. They can't give any special help at all without the IEP. You've adopted, you know how our goverment loves paperwork. My friend says now she even has to be careful keeping kids after school or in from recess to give them extra help, parents complain about it, or a parent of a kid who is doing well will complain that little Johnny is getting more attention from the teacher than little Suzy. (who just doesn't want to do the work, but understands it just fine) Teacher have to protect themselves against parents who threaten to sue, false allegations and a bunch of other stuff that they didn't used to worry about. I really think there is less stigma involved now.
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