Can someone tell me what they think about this??
I just received a letter from the superintendent of the school stating we cannot bring someone to our IEP meeting to take notes for me.
THis was my exact request in writing: "I am requesting permission to either audiotape or have someone (someone I would bring to the IEP) take minutes of our IEP meeting. My request is just to help me recall who said what after the meeting. I find these meetings can be overwhelming -- sometimes leaving and not being able to recall if everything was covered and addressed."
This is the Superintendents exact written response: "Your request to have a third party take minutes/notes of your son's IEP meeting is denied for the reason that the signed IEP is the legal written record of the IEP meeting. Therefore, it is not necessary, nor expected, that a separate documentation of the meeting be maintained"
Can he really deny this? If I bring a lawyer, can the lawyer take notes??????
Some Background: Our last IEP meeting (In May 2006)was overwhelming with many denials to requests for simple interventions --always the denials came from the principal. (ie: can my son chew gum during tests so that he will not bite his arm and leave marks --this was denied) (My son has high functioning autism) Several days after the meeting my Mother (who had been in excellent health) passed away suddenly. Needless to say I could not recall much of what was said in the meeting. I had requested that I have permission to bring someone (a friend) to the IEP meeting to take notes so I could concentrate on the details of the meeting. This request was denied by the superintendent verbally and then I emailed him asking him to put it in writing. I received his above written denial today.
Any Ideas on how to respond to this denial???
Kathy
Edited by skm2 (10/19/06 06:42 PM)
I just received a letter from the superintendent of the school stating we cannot bring someone to our IEP meeting to take notes for me.
THis was my exact request in writing: "I am requesting permission to either audiotape or have someone (someone I would bring to the IEP) take minutes of our IEP meeting. My request is just to help me recall who said what after the meeting. I find these meetings can be overwhelming -- sometimes leaving and not being able to recall if everything was covered and addressed."
This is the Superintendents exact written response: "Your request to have a third party take minutes/notes of your son's IEP meeting is denied for the reason that the signed IEP is the legal written record of the IEP meeting. Therefore, it is not necessary, nor expected, that a separate documentation of the meeting be maintained"
Can he really deny this? If I bring a lawyer, can the lawyer take notes??????
Some Background: Our last IEP meeting (In May 2006)was overwhelming with many denials to requests for simple interventions --always the denials came from the principal. (ie: can my son chew gum during tests so that he will not bite his arm and leave marks --this was denied) (My son has high functioning autism) Several days after the meeting my Mother (who had been in excellent health) passed away suddenly. Needless to say I could not recall much of what was said in the meeting. I had requested that I have permission to bring someone (a friend) to the IEP meeting to take notes so I could concentrate on the details of the meeting. This request was denied by the superintendent verbally and then I emailed him asking him to put it in writing. I received his above written denial today.
Any Ideas on how to respond to this denial???
Kathy
Edited by skm2 (10/19/06 06:42 PM)