My son has ADD and he hates school. It causes him so much stress and anxiety and makes him feel like a failure. He is in 6th grade and has 54 accommodations. He wants an IEP but I have been talked out of it by the counselor and school psychologist because he scores average on the state testing. My son is on state insurance and I paid out of pocket to get the ADD diagnosis so we could get the 504 plan. He had 50+ missing assignments at the end of the first semester. He felt great once he had the 504 plan in place and knew he had a fresh start with all of the missing assignments being cleared out. He did okay for a month maybe but he is missing about 23 assignments now and he has one D+ and F's in the other classes.
I am trying to figure out my options. Do I pay out of pocket for further testing to prove the school wrong (even though i cannot afford it). Could the testing be inaccurate? If I ask for the IEP evaluation now I feel like they will be bias. They have their minds set on my son being lazy.
He feels so defeated and my heart is broken.