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<blockquote data-quote="Tiapet" data-source="post: 585090" data-attributes="member: 455"><p>Susie, I don't have an advocate but I was thinking that I want to find one. We have disability law and advocacy project here and some other stuff. I need to see if I can locate one. The mental health case manager/worker is not real well versed in IEP's, I may know more then he does but he has "some" experience with it. The SPED is just a case manager who "oversees" difficult child in school. Nothing more. I know I need someone on this, especially for transition IEP because for next year, I want this rock solid going into the new school. It's a stem school and while we know difficult child is very smart and this will be good for him and his abilities the way they actually do work (each kid gets a locked down Ipad too), I need to be sure his accommodations are in place. I've heard excellent things about this school for kids like him and with kids with IEP's as well.</p><p></p><p>I'm at a critical time period too because they wanted to do his transitional IEP for HS and I had to put it on hold as we have in a request for transfer. It gets even trickier as there is 2 ways it can go here. See the 1st request was for change back in Nov/Dec as the change is to a Magnet and that window was then. Then in Feb is the actual transfer window to which we had to put in the request for his 2nd choice to a different HS then the home base one (other difficult child goes there and they can't go to same one #1 and #2, it would be a really big mistake for HIM to go there as it'a a bad school for how he is, Ms Queen doesn't have same issues but she's struggling as it is). In order to do transition IEP we have to make choices for his classes for HS, the Magnet is completely different then regular HS so chosing classes would make no sense and we'd only end up meeting back up. I deferred until we received notification on which school he's going to be placed. It should have been by end of this week, or so I thought. In the mean time, I requested this other meeting for a "general" IEP type meeting to address these more immediate pressing needs since he is failing all core classes, refusing to go to school (I get him to school MOST days but his absences are starting to climb with only about 35 days left of school). At 10 days we get a court letter from district if there are 10 unexcused. I can't keep writing parent notes (they allow 10). The 1 vice principal (the other one and the principal know not to have any dealings with us as I had BIG problems with them in the past and took it all the way up the chain of command!) is aware that he is fighting going to school as I have to keep documenting through MH worker and him about his refusal or else "I" get in trouble for his truancy They have NO truancy officer and the local sheriff (no town police since out of "city limits") will not come to house to take him in to school either. How dumb is this? He knows this and I can't physically make him go either. Right now "technically" if I could write notes still he would have 5 more plus the ability to have 3 more unexcused giving him 8 more days before we get letter. But alas, I can't write anymore notes. I also think their unexcused count is off and I have to get that fixed too because by my count he should only have 3 unexcused leaving him 7, not the other way around. I think they are using some of his lates (from me dragging his butt into school) as absences.</p><p></p><p>I really do appreciate the back up on this ladies. I've really been struggling a lot lately. While Ms Queen's behaviors overall have gotten better, her issues have taken a turn in another direction that are puzzling. So the homefront is still chaotic and I'm still not better from the not being able to walk with what ever is attacking my back and making me not be able to do anything. I've had to set up appointments with a GI, an ortho, now a neuro, and we have added an endocronologist. I attempted a MRI but it was a complete no go as I could not lie down on the bed flat at all due to back and neck. In fact my neck was 6" from the bed and it will never go down. It's my AS that causes that and will only progressively bend further in the wrong direction (looking downward).</p><p></p><p>Maybe I should have put this thread in general.....brain just isn't functioning well ~sigh~</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tiapet, post: 585090, member: 455"] Susie, I don't have an advocate but I was thinking that I want to find one. We have disability law and advocacy project here and some other stuff. I need to see if I can locate one. The mental health case manager/worker is not real well versed in IEP's, I may know more then he does but he has "some" experience with it. The SPED is just a case manager who "oversees" difficult child in school. Nothing more. I know I need someone on this, especially for transition IEP because for next year, I want this rock solid going into the new school. It's a stem school and while we know difficult child is very smart and this will be good for him and his abilities the way they actually do work (each kid gets a locked down Ipad too), I need to be sure his accommodations are in place. I've heard excellent things about this school for kids like him and with kids with IEP's as well. I'm at a critical time period too because they wanted to do his transitional IEP for HS and I had to put it on hold as we have in a request for transfer. It gets even trickier as there is 2 ways it can go here. See the 1st request was for change back in Nov/Dec as the change is to a Magnet and that window was then. Then in Feb is the actual transfer window to which we had to put in the request for his 2nd choice to a different HS then the home base one (other difficult child goes there and they can't go to same one #1 and #2, it would be a really big mistake for HIM to go there as it'a a bad school for how he is, Ms Queen doesn't have same issues but she's struggling as it is). In order to do transition IEP we have to make choices for his classes for HS, the Magnet is completely different then regular HS so chosing classes would make no sense and we'd only end up meeting back up. I deferred until we received notification on which school he's going to be placed. It should have been by end of this week, or so I thought. In the mean time, I requested this other meeting for a "general" IEP type meeting to address these more immediate pressing needs since he is failing all core classes, refusing to go to school (I get him to school MOST days but his absences are starting to climb with only about 35 days left of school). At 10 days we get a court letter from district if there are 10 unexcused. I can't keep writing parent notes (they allow 10). The 1 vice principal (the other one and the principal know not to have any dealings with us as I had BIG problems with them in the past and took it all the way up the chain of command!) is aware that he is fighting going to school as I have to keep documenting through MH worker and him about his refusal or else "I" get in trouble for his truancy They have NO truancy officer and the local sheriff (no town police since out of "city limits") will not come to house to take him in to school either. How dumb is this? He knows this and I can't physically make him go either. Right now "technically" if I could write notes still he would have 5 more plus the ability to have 3 more unexcused giving him 8 more days before we get letter. But alas, I can't write anymore notes. I also think their unexcused count is off and I have to get that fixed too because by my count he should only have 3 unexcused leaving him 7, not the other way around. I think they are using some of his lates (from me dragging his butt into school) as absences. I really do appreciate the back up on this ladies. I've really been struggling a lot lately. While Ms Queen's behaviors overall have gotten better, her issues have taken a turn in another direction that are puzzling. So the homefront is still chaotic and I'm still not better from the not being able to walk with what ever is attacking my back and making me not be able to do anything. I've had to set up appointments with a GI, an ortho, now a neuro, and we have added an endocronologist. I attempted a MRI but it was a complete no go as I could not lie down on the bed flat at all due to back and neck. In fact my neck was 6" from the bed and it will never go down. It's my AS that causes that and will only progressively bend further in the wrong direction (looking downward). Maybe I should have put this thread in general.....brain just isn't functioning well ~sigh~ [/QUOTE]
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