thank you....back then i didn't know much about the system... and was so busy keeping them safe from their dad that i didn't know to fight the system... now i know ... so i had to take it on myself... both with the learning disabilities and the abuse issues... i knew that the difference was a sign of learning disabilities... at the time i was teaching in a christian school and didn't have the resources i do now... sad huh?.... my son tends to blame me for his struggles ... but when he has a success i am the first he calls so it tends to balance out...lyn