ADD & Dyslexic, Qualified for SPED, But not an IEP?

School district tested my son last year at the request of his teacher and myself. They only did IQ and grade level testing. Their result was that he was an average kid doing average. Even though they had a doctor’s report of ADD and my concern that he has problems processing letters and words in regards to reading.

He continued to struggle with reading. So I took him for a professional evaluation. The psychoeducational tester diagnosed my son with significant dyslexia, as well as questioning possible Asperger’s.

I asked the school district to re-evaluate my son. They qualified him for special education based on specific learning disability (dyslexia) and other health impairment (ADD), drafted 2 IEPs (1st had vague goals/objectives, 2nd had my requested specificity added to the goals/objectives to make them more measurable) with the special education teacher as a consult to the regular education teacher (with lots of accommodations, modifications and supports to both teacher and student), and then denied him the IEP stating that his needs are being met in the room with the regular ed teacher and his reading specialist.

Yes his needs are being met with all of the accommodations, modifications, and supports as outlined in both of the drafted IEPs.

I am only asking for a special education teacher as a consult to continue to monitor him to make sure that the accommodations, modifications and supports are working as well as to help the regular ed teacher make any needed adjustments to his learning/teaching needs.

How can the school district qualify him for special education, draft him 2 IEP, then deny him an IEP?

IEP=Individualized Education Plan