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<blockquote data-quote="buddy" data-source="post: 502497" data-attributes="member: 12886"><p>this time say you want a COMPLETE educational evaluation to include academic, ability, communication, motor, behavior and health. </p><p></p><p>you can find information that is probably way more clear than I say things on</p><p></p><p></p><p>Advocacy - What you Should Know About Evaluations by Robert K. Crabtree, Esq. - Wrightslaw</p><p></p><p>here is an excerpt from one of their pages: (a re-evaluation is done after they are on an IEP so no worries they already evaluated and denied services, this is a new initial evaluation)</p><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Tempus Sans ITC'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000066"><span style="color: #000000">The law about the requirement to evaluate if requested by the child's parent is clear and unambiguous:</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000066"><span style="color: #000000">"A State educational agency, other State agency, or local educational agency [school district] shall conduct a full and individual initial evaluation ... either the parent of a child, or a State education agency, other State agency, or local educational agency may initiate a request for an initial evaluation to determine if the child is a child with a disability." 20 USC 1414(a)(1)</span></span></span></span></p> </p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Tempus Sans ITC'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000066"><span style="color: #000000">In the section about Child Find, you learn:</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000066"><span style="color: #000000">"All children with disabilities residing in the state, including children with disabilities attending private schools, regardless of the severity of their disabilities, and who are in need of special education and related services, are identified, located, and evaluated . . ." (20 U.S.C. 1412(a)(3))</span></span></span></span></p> </p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Tempus Sans ITC'"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000066"><span style="color: #000000">Parent Requests Evaluation of a Child Who Receives Special Education Service Under an IEP</span></span></span></span></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Tempus Sans ITC'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000066"><span style="color: #000000">If the child is receiving special education services under an IEP, the child's progress should be monitored frequently. It's hard to imagine a school taking the position that "testing would not provide information relevant to the child's educational planning." If the school doesn't use test results, how can they make rational decisions about the child's educational needs?</span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Tempus Sans ITC'"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000066"><span style="color: #000000">Evaluation Results</span></span></span></span></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Tempus Sans ITC'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000066"><span style="color: #000000">You asked, "Does the school have to provide information from testing?" Yes. The child's parents are entitled to receive copies of all evaluations and test scores.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Tempus Sans ITC'"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px">More Resources</span></span></strong></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Tempus Sans ITC'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000066"><span style="color: #000000"><a href="http://www.wrightslaw.com/idea/index.htm" target="_blank">IDEA 2004</a></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Tempus Sans ITC'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000066"><span style="color: #000000"><a href="http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/test.index.htm" target="_blank">Evaluations</a></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Tempus Sans ITC'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000066"><span style="color: #000000"><a href="http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/elig.index.htm" target="_blank">Eligibility</a></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Tempus Sans ITC'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000066"><span style="color: #000000"><a href="http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/sec504.index.htm" target="_blank">Accommodations and Modifications</a></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Tempus Sans ITC'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000066"><span style="color: #000000"><a href="http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/child.find.index.htm" target="_blank">Child Find</a></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Tempus Sans ITC'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000066"><span style="color: #000000"><a href="http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/ferpa.index.htm" target="_blank">Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)</a></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-family: 'Tempus Sans ITC'"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000066"><span style="color: #000000"><a href="http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/ltrs.index.htm" target="_blank">Letter Writing and Paper Trails</a></span></span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buddy, post: 502497, member: 12886"] this time say you want a COMPLETE educational evaluation to include academic, ability, communication, motor, behavior and health. you can find information that is probably way more clear than I say things on Advocacy - What you Should Know About Evaluations by Robert K. Crabtree, Esq. - Wrightslaw here is an excerpt from one of their pages: (a re-evaluation is done after they are on an IEP so no worries they already evaluated and denied services, this is a new initial evaluation) [LEFT][FONT=Tempus Sans ITC][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000066][COLOR=#000000]The law about the requirement to evaluate if requested by the child's parent is clear and unambiguous:[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/LEFT] [INDENT][LEFT][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000066][COLOR=#000000]"A State educational agency, other State agency, or local educational agency [school district] shall conduct a full and individual initial evaluation ... either the parent of a child, or a State education agency, other State agency, or local educational agency may initiate a request for an initial evaluation to determine if the child is a child with a disability." 20 USC 1414(a)(1)[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/LEFT][/INDENT] [LEFT][FONT=Tempus Sans ITC][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000066][COLOR=#000000]In the section about Child Find, you learn:[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/LEFT] [INDENT][LEFT][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000066][COLOR=#000000]"All children with disabilities residing in the state, including children with disabilities attending private schools, regardless of the severity of their disabilities, and who are in need of special education and related services, are identified, located, and evaluated . . ." (20 U.S.C. 1412(a)(3))[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/LEFT][/INDENT] [LEFT][FONT=Tempus Sans ITC][B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000066][COLOR=#000000]Parent Requests Evaluation of a Child Who Receives Special Education Service Under an IEP[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/FONT] [FONT=Tempus Sans ITC][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000066][COLOR=#000000]If the child is receiving special education services under an IEP, the child's progress should be monitored frequently. It's hard to imagine a school taking the position that "testing would not provide information relevant to the child's educational planning." If the school doesn't use test results, how can they make rational decisions about the child's educational needs?[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT] [FONT=Tempus Sans ITC][B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000066][COLOR=#000000]Evaluation Results[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/FONT] [FONT=Tempus Sans ITC][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000066][COLOR=#000000]You asked, "Does the school have to provide information from testing?" Yes. The child's parents are entitled to receive copies of all evaluations and test scores.[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/LEFT] [LEFT][FONT=Tempus Sans ITC][B][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2]More Resources[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/FONT] [FONT=Tempus Sans ITC][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000066][COLOR=#000000][URL='http://www.wrightslaw.com/idea/index.htm']IDEA 2004[/URL][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT] [FONT=Tempus Sans ITC][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000066][COLOR=#000000][URL='http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/test.index.htm']Evaluations[/URL][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT] [FONT=Tempus Sans ITC][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000066][COLOR=#000000][URL='http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/elig.index.htm']Eligibility[/URL][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT] [FONT=Tempus Sans ITC][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000066][COLOR=#000000][URL='http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/sec504.index.htm']Accommodations and Modifications[/URL][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT] [FONT=Tempus Sans ITC][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000066][COLOR=#000000][URL='http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/child.find.index.htm']Child Find[/URL][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT] [FONT=Tempus Sans ITC][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000066][COLOR=#000000][URL='http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/ferpa.index.htm']Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)[/URL][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT] [FONT=Tempus Sans ITC][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000066][COLOR=#000000][URL='http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/ltrs.index.htm']Letter Writing and Paper Trails[/URL][/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/FONT][/LEFT] [/QUOTE]
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