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The Case of Vanessa: Summary (Pg. 25) Vanessa has been deemed ready by the IPRC to spend a portion of the school day in a mainstream grade 5 classroom. She has previously been placed in the "junior resource class". Vanessa has had considerable gains in regards to behaviours, toileting skills and communication. Last school year, sessions with the grade 4 mainstream class, with scaffolding from her favourite EA, showed that Vanessa could engage in age-appropriate social interactions with peers. Two assessments suggest Vanessa is of average intelligence, with no indication of any physical or learning disability. However, recently her birth father, whom she had never met until a few months ago, has obtained custody. He wants to move her to a new school in a different school board and community that has a full inclusion policy with no designated resource room or withdrawn classes.