Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Internet Search
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Parent Support Forums
Special Ed 101
teen finishing high school going to college... learning disability & getting testing
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="slsh" data-source="post: 353389" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>Masta - Special Education is available until the child turns 22 or until the child *graduates high school* - whichever comes first. I know of one very effective parent who got the school to pay for voc. ed for his son from age 18-22 (after he had technically fulfilled graduation requirements) but the child had always had an IEP and the goals of the IEP were never met (specifically the transition goals). Again, this dad was one of the most effective advocates I've ever met, and his SD was extremely cooperative. I think that is by far the exception though. </p><p></p><p>I don't mean to be pessimistic, but I don't think there's a chance you're going to get sped services put in place, much less an an evaluation, for a kid who is graduating in 6 weeks. Once he gets his diploma, your school district is done. </p><p></p><p>What services specifically are you looking for? It sounds positive that the university is offering classes to help him tune up for college level courses. It strikes me as a bit odd they want a psychiatric evaluation... but then, not a whole lot of our difficult children make it to college, so... I don't know, could be fairly routine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slsh, post: 353389, member: 8"] Masta - Special Education is available until the child turns 22 or until the child *graduates high school* - whichever comes first. I know of one very effective parent who got the school to pay for voc. ed for his son from age 18-22 (after he had technically fulfilled graduation requirements) but the child had always had an IEP and the goals of the IEP were never met (specifically the transition goals). Again, this dad was one of the most effective advocates I've ever met, and his SD was extremely cooperative. I think that is by far the exception though. I don't mean to be pessimistic, but I don't think there's a chance you're going to get sped services put in place, much less an an evaluation, for a kid who is graduating in 6 weeks. Once he gets his diploma, your school district is done. What services specifically are you looking for? It sounds positive that the university is offering classes to help him tune up for college level courses. It strikes me as a bit odd they want a psychiatric evaluation... but then, not a whole lot of our difficult children make it to college, so... I don't know, could be fairly routine. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Parent Support Forums
Special Ed 101
teen finishing high school going to college... learning disability & getting testing
Top