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<blockquote data-quote="Sheila" data-source="post: 249746" data-attributes="member: 23"><p>Points have nothing to do with it. Psychologists have nothing to do with-it. Recommendations from all professionals (including the school district's) are just that -- recommendations. All IEP placements are made by the IEP team (of which you are a part).</p><p></p><p>An IEP placement should be the Least Restrictive Environment based on the child's needs. LRE for some kids is mainstreamed. For others it may be all Special Education classes. For others the LRE is theraputic day school or an Residential Treatment Center (RTC). Some need a mixture.</p><p></p><p>It's often very difficult to get school district IEP members to agree to Residential Treatment Center (RTC). Sometimes it's because they think it's not needed; sometimes it's because they incorrectly believe everything in the world must be tried first; sometimes it's because the sd must pay for the educational portion of Residential Treatment Center (RTC).</p><p></p><p>So, while technically the answer to your question is "yes," there are some caveats such as the IEP committee agreeing. Here again, the parent(s) is part of the team.</p><p></p><p>Some people are under the impression that everybody gets a "vote" at the IEP team. Not true. There are only 2 votes -- one for the parent and one for the school district.</p><p></p><p>I don't recall all your story, but another problem that parents run into when Residential Treatment Center (RTC) placement is needed is that the student is an angel at school and is making passing grades. If the disability doesn't impact education, it's hard to get any help from school.</p><p></p><p>Your procedural safeguards should set out steps you can take if there's not a concensus at the IEP meeting. These include but are not necessarily limited to mediation, due process hearing, unilateral placement by parent, filing a complaint with-the sd, state education agency, OSEP, OCR and/or ADA.</p><p></p><p>It's very important to have a paper trail when one starts filing complaints, due process, etc. He said/she said will get you nowhere. It's the primary reason that Marti and I harp on "send follow up letters," send via Certified Mail, etc. Paper trails, paper trails.</p><p></p><p>Another handy tool for parents is to use a Parent Record of Proposal -- never leave home without them. lol School districts don't like it when you make a recommendation and it's rejected because "we don't do that here," "that's too expensive," etc. These are things that you won't find in the minutes of the meeting.</p><p></p><p>There are certain steps a parent must take to do a unilateral placement. There's information on this at <a href="http://www.wrightslaw.com" target="_blank">www.wrightslaw.com</a> and <a href="http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/06-6656.pdf" target="_blank">http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/06-6656.pdf</a> . And again, parental options when there are disagreements should be spelled out in your Procedural Safeguards.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sheila, post: 249746, member: 23"] Points have nothing to do with it. Psychologists have nothing to do with-it. Recommendations from all professionals (including the school district's) are just that -- recommendations. All IEP placements are made by the IEP team (of which you are a part). An IEP placement should be the Least Restrictive Environment based on the child's needs. LRE for some kids is mainstreamed. For others it may be all Special Education classes. For others the LRE is theraputic day school or an Residential Treatment Center (RTC). Some need a mixture. It's often very difficult to get school district IEP members to agree to Residential Treatment Center (RTC). Sometimes it's because they think it's not needed; sometimes it's because they incorrectly believe everything in the world must be tried first; sometimes it's because the sd must pay for the educational portion of Residential Treatment Center (RTC). So, while technically the answer to your question is "yes," there are some caveats such as the IEP committee agreeing. Here again, the parent(s) is part of the team. Some people are under the impression that everybody gets a "vote" at the IEP team. Not true. There are only 2 votes -- one for the parent and one for the school district. I don't recall all your story, but another problem that parents run into when Residential Treatment Center (RTC) placement is needed is that the student is an angel at school and is making passing grades. If the disability doesn't impact education, it's hard to get any help from school. Your procedural safeguards should set out steps you can take if there's not a concensus at the IEP meeting. These include but are not necessarily limited to mediation, due process hearing, unilateral placement by parent, filing a complaint with-the sd, state education agency, OSEP, OCR and/or ADA. It's very important to have a paper trail when one starts filing complaints, due process, etc. He said/she said will get you nowhere. It's the primary reason that Marti and I harp on "send follow up letters," send via Certified Mail, etc. Paper trails, paper trails. Another handy tool for parents is to use a Parent Record of Proposal -- never leave home without them. lol School districts don't like it when you make a recommendation and it's rejected because "we don't do that here," "that's too expensive," etc. These are things that you won't find in the minutes of the meeting. There are certain steps a parent must take to do a unilateral placement. There's information on this at [URL='http://www.wrightslaw.com']www.wrightslaw.com[/URL] and [url]http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/06-6656.pdf[/url] . And again, parental options when there are disagreements should be spelled out in your Procedural Safeguards. Hope this helps. [/QUOTE]
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