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<blockquote data-quote="barneysmom" data-source="post: 373295" data-attributes="member: 1872"><p>Hi Wiggles, welcome! </p><p></p><p>Sounds like you're doing a great job for your little guy.</p><p></p><p>I'm not a believer in ODD as a diagnosis either -- to me it just means "we don't know what's going on and it's impossible for us to sort it out from this constellation of symptoms and behavior." </p><p></p><p>I hear you about being nervous -- however it's the <u>schoo</u>l who should be nervous as they legally must meet your son's educational needs -- a free and appropriate public education also known as FAPE. <a href="http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/fape.index.htm" target="_blank">http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/fape.index.htm</a> which is written into IDEA law. Here is a link to info about FAPE from Wrightslaw, which is a great SpEd source on the internet. Or you could post on the SpEd part of this forum and your questions will be answered.</p><p></p><p>Wiggles, my advice is to get your poker face and poker voice ready for those teachers and when they call to complain, a good question to ask them is "how can you help him to learn? What accommodations can you make for my son so that he can function in your classroom? Can we set up an IEP?" By law, the school must set up an Individualized Education Plan within 60 days of your written request. This requires that they give academic testing. So in delaying testing as you mentioned, that is the same as saying "We are going to break the law." (IDEA). One thought would be to call the school as soon as it opens -- call the SpEd department -- and let them know you want the testing and they have to give it. </p><p></p><p>This is the language from IDEA from the Wrightslaw site </p><p></p><p><strong>§300.301 Initial evaluations. (a) General. Each public agency must conduct a full and individual initial evaluation, in accordance with §§300.305 and 300.306, before the initial provision of special education and related services to a child with a disability under this part. (b) Request for initial evaluation. Consistent with the consent requirements in §300.300, either a parent of a child or a public agency may initiate a request for an initial evaluation to determine if the child is a child with a disability. (c) Procedures for initial evaluation. The initial evaluation--</strong></p><p><strong>(1)</strong></p><p><strong>(i) Must be conducted within 60 days of receiving parental consent for the evaluation; or</strong></p><p><strong>(ii) If the State establishes a timeframe within which the evaluation must be conducted, within that timeframe; and (2) Must consist of procedures--</strong></p><p><strong>(i) To determine if the child is a child with a disability under §300.8; and</strong></p><p><strong>(ii) To determine the educational needs of the child.</strong></p><p></p><p>I agree that school testing isn't enough -- I always have my kids tested privately too.</p><p></p><p>it takes awhile to figure out what's going on with each kid -- take good care of yourself, get enough sleep, drink enough water (I tend to OD on coffee and then function terribly when dehydrated) and eat good food. Hold the school to high expectations. When you are terrified in public, for example in his school or on the phone, fake it. </p><p></p><p>Hang in there, it will get better. xxoox</p><p></p><p>P.S. I went to a Wrightslaw conference about IDEA in my town last spring, and the speaker was a SpEd lawyer who got everyone all fired up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="barneysmom, post: 373295, member: 1872"] Hi Wiggles, welcome! Sounds like you're doing a great job for your little guy. I'm not a believer in ODD as a diagnosis either -- to me it just means "we don't know what's going on and it's impossible for us to sort it out from this constellation of symptoms and behavior." I hear you about being nervous -- however it's the [U]schoo[/U]l who should be nervous as they legally must meet your son's educational needs -- a free and appropriate public education also known as FAPE. [URL]http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/fape.index.htm[/URL] which is written into IDEA law. Here is a link to info about FAPE from Wrightslaw, which is a great SpEd source on the internet. Or you could post on the SpEd part of this forum and your questions will be answered. Wiggles, my advice is to get your poker face and poker voice ready for those teachers and when they call to complain, a good question to ask them is "how can you help him to learn? What accommodations can you make for my son so that he can function in your classroom? Can we set up an IEP?" By law, the school must set up an Individualized Education Plan within 60 days of your written request. This requires that they give academic testing. So in delaying testing as you mentioned, that is the same as saying "We are going to break the law." (IDEA). One thought would be to call the school as soon as it opens -- call the SpEd department -- and let them know you want the testing and they have to give it. This is the language from IDEA from the Wrightslaw site [B]§300.301 Initial evaluations. (a) General. Each public agency must conduct a full and individual initial evaluation, in accordance with §§300.305 and 300.306, before the initial provision of special education and related services to a child with a disability under this part. (b) Request for initial evaluation. Consistent with the consent requirements in §300.300, either a parent of a child or a public agency may initiate a request for an initial evaluation to determine if the child is a child with a disability. (c) Procedures for initial evaluation. The initial evaluation-- (1) (i) Must be conducted within 60 days of receiving parental consent for the evaluation; or (ii) If the State establishes a timeframe within which the evaluation must be conducted, within that timeframe; and (2) Must consist of procedures-- (i) To determine if the child is a child with a disability under §300.8; and (ii) To determine the educational needs of the child.[/B] I agree that school testing isn't enough -- I always have my kids tested privately too. it takes awhile to figure out what's going on with each kid -- take good care of yourself, get enough sleep, drink enough water (I tend to OD on coffee and then function terribly when dehydrated) and eat good food. Hold the school to high expectations. When you are terrified in public, for example in his school or on the phone, fake it. Hang in there, it will get better. xxoox P.S. I went to a Wrightslaw conference about IDEA in my town last spring, and the speaker was a SpEd lawyer who got everyone all fired up. [/QUOTE]
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