Finally, I decided against AMS because of the resource specialist at AMS. I found her to be usnsupportive, judgemental and discouraging. My son's IEP was not thouroughly followed (he didn't get an in-class aid, or have daily access to a computer, etc). When he progressed slowly, she blamed him for not trying hard enough, me for not working with him (although she never asked what I was doing), and his teacher for being too easy. When we told her that my son wanted to take Spanish in the 7th grade and she gave us a horrified look and said "What a terrible idea!" I told her his teacher thought it would be fine, but she said he would never be able to do it, speaking as if he wasn't in the room! By the time left, he was so discouraged, he said, "I might as well give up if she thinks I'm so stupid." His attitude chanded when he excelled in the MESA Summer Academy, learning 3rd year college Mechanical Engingeering concepts and physics. At Bret Harte, his councilor signed him up for Algebra and Spanish, first thing. I didn't realize I'm still hurt by this!