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<blockquote data-quote="buddy" data-source="post: 487263" data-attributes="member: 12886"><p>IC is right, there are more than a few of us who get your pain and several of us who have WORKED in Special Education and STILL get frustrated! LOL</p><p></p><p>OK, you got step one.... I am not sure why they wanted you to go to the principal to do that, or maybe it was a mis-communication? but anyway....You dont need the principal's permission to ask for this, any parent can. She just doesn't want to have to do the child study etc. The dumb thing is, once in Special Education hands, she is out of it anyway.... Really only admin. Not like she personally has to do the testing. There are many reasons, some financial and others just that principals just think they can punish a medical condition away from a child. So incredible. So out of touch. </p><p></p><p>Two websites that will help you a lot, (and many others but I love these) <a href="http://www.wrightslaw.com/" target="_blank">Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy</a> and <a href="http://www.pacer.org" target="_blank">PACER Center - Assistance for Children with Disabilities, Teen Bullying, Parent Programs</a> The first tells you about educational law and you can search anything (On both you can) the other is a parent advocacy center in MN but that consults across the US. </p><p></p><p>If you do simple things like query assessment for special education, or for ADHD Now, ADHD is not an educational category and is serviced under OHI (or similar category) for "other health impairment" and if they feel that he has emotional behavioral difficulties (ODD) they may categorize him under EBD or again, similar letters for Emotional/Behavioral Disorders So you can search for these topics too to learn (here and on google or on those web sites) National Education sites for FAPE and IDEA will also help you. </p><p></p><p></p><p>IT is still a good idea to go to your state's department of ed. They audit special education programs and these folks can be in big trouble if they are out of compliance. You will find how your state interprets IDEA the Special Education. laws. Some states do the minimum and many have even more rigid standards for applying the law. </p><p></p><p>Once they get on with this, keep in touch with us, let us know what they propose (you should be a part of the evaluation planning, actually you should be there in person but it can be done by phone or email too...They might just send a written proposal.... but in the end, they produce a written proposal for evaluation once you sign it they only have about a month to do it, some states as I said put shorter limits than fed law so check your state). We can help you if they are trying to pull one over on you by only doing one test or some dumb thing....word it as TeDo suggests. Add a Functional Behavioral Analysis though. This helps evaluate concerning behaviors that result in suspensions or other issues. From this they must write a POSTIVE behavior plan with the IEP. </p><p></p><p>dont let them tell you that he has to be failing to have an IEP...NOT TRUE. But many districts say this to get out of things. Dont believe anything since they are already not cooperating. Come back and check. If you can get an advocate, that is best especially since your principal has already tried to put you off.....</p><p></p><p>My best to you, you are not alone for sure....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buddy, post: 487263, member: 12886"] IC is right, there are more than a few of us who get your pain and several of us who have WORKED in Special Education and STILL get frustrated! LOL OK, you got step one.... I am not sure why they wanted you to go to the principal to do that, or maybe it was a mis-communication? but anyway....You dont need the principal's permission to ask for this, any parent can. She just doesn't want to have to do the child study etc. The dumb thing is, once in Special Education hands, she is out of it anyway.... Really only admin. Not like she personally has to do the testing. There are many reasons, some financial and others just that principals just think they can punish a medical condition away from a child. So incredible. So out of touch. Two websites that will help you a lot, (and many others but I love these) [URL="http://www.wrightslaw.com/"]Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy[/URL] and [URL="http://www.pacer.org"]PACER Center - Assistance for Children with Disabilities, Teen Bullying, Parent Programs[/URL] The first tells you about educational law and you can search anything (On both you can) the other is a parent advocacy center in MN but that consults across the US. If you do simple things like query assessment for special education, or for ADHD Now, ADHD is not an educational category and is serviced under OHI (or similar category) for "other health impairment" and if they feel that he has emotional behavioral difficulties (ODD) they may categorize him under EBD or again, similar letters for Emotional/Behavioral Disorders So you can search for these topics too to learn (here and on google or on those web sites) National Education sites for FAPE and IDEA will also help you. IT is still a good idea to go to your state's department of ed. They audit special education programs and these folks can be in big trouble if they are out of compliance. You will find how your state interprets IDEA the Special Education. laws. Some states do the minimum and many have even more rigid standards for applying the law. Once they get on with this, keep in touch with us, let us know what they propose (you should be a part of the evaluation planning, actually you should be there in person but it can be done by phone or email too...They might just send a written proposal.... but in the end, they produce a written proposal for evaluation once you sign it they only have about a month to do it, some states as I said put shorter limits than fed law so check your state). We can help you if they are trying to pull one over on you by only doing one test or some dumb thing....word it as TeDo suggests. Add a Functional Behavioral Analysis though. This helps evaluate concerning behaviors that result in suspensions or other issues. From this they must write a POSTIVE behavior plan with the IEP. dont let them tell you that he has to be failing to have an IEP...NOT TRUE. But many districts say this to get out of things. Dont believe anything since they are already not cooperating. Come back and check. If you can get an advocate, that is best especially since your principal has already tried to put you off..... My best to you, you are not alone for sure.... [/QUOTE]
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