As a committee, we had a conflict with a family who wished to keep their child classified as a student with speech-language impairment; however, they wanted to discontinue speech services due to the student not wanting to participate. Speech could not be discontinued if the student remained with this classification. The committee felt that there was a better diagnosis that described the student and would allow for the discontinuation of speech services. The parents were opposed to this reclassification. We invited them to share their concerns regarding this issue collaboratively. They stated they felt that there may be a stigma associated with other diagnoses. We discussed this issue together and came up with a diagnosis that the parents were comfortable with and that best met the student's needs.
