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<blockquote data-quote="Martie" data-source="post: 35390" data-attributes="member: 284"><p>Dear Mrs. S,</p><p></p><p>You have just encountered a BIG loophole in the law. Only ONE regular ed teacher is required and it does not even have to be the child's teacher--or anyone who "knows" the child. The standard for whom parents bring to meetings requires "special knowledge" of the child. You would think that SD would at least be held to the same standard but they are not.</p><p></p><p>To be nasty, at my ex-difficult child's last (failed and unsigned) IEP meeting, the SD brought a girls' PE teacher as the regular educator. (Ex-difficult child had been excused from PE since 6th grade!!) To be equally nasty, we questioned her at length about what she knew about ex-difficult child (she had never even seen him), what her role was in the meeting, what "contribution" she had to make to each and every IEP goal (nothing--and when she was asked to come up with novel suggestions--she started crying) This probably made her feel like a piece of doo-doo--or else terribly exploited by the Dir of Special Education, which she was. It was not a nice thing to do to this teacher--who was probably a first year teacher who had no idea what she was being drafted to do--but it put on the record how shoddy the SD practices were and how little regard they had for the SPIRIT of the law. It made no difference because at DP, they SD was found to be in procedural compliance through the attendance of that teacher.</p><p></p><p>This is not a perfect law--and for it to work, some good will would be needed, on both sides. I admit what was done to this teacher, who was personally blameless, was not nice, but given what the SD had done, (and I knew I was not going to let them get their hands on ex-difficult child ever again regardless of DP outcome), I expressed my anger and disgust in this way.</p><p></p><p>What I have learned since is that parents who do NOT have the option to educate privately, should not do things such as I described above. That does not mean you have to take what the SD dishes out, however. Sheila is a great model for incredible persistence in continuously reminding a SD that it is breaking the law. Unfortunately, bringing one regular educator who does not know your difficult child is not a procedural violation of law.</p><p></p><p>Martie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Martie, post: 35390, member: 284"] Dear Mrs. S, You have just encountered a BIG loophole in the law. Only ONE regular ed teacher is required and it does not even have to be the child's teacher--or anyone who "knows" the child. The standard for whom parents bring to meetings requires "special knowledge" of the child. You would think that SD would at least be held to the same standard but they are not. To be nasty, at my ex-difficult child's last (failed and unsigned) IEP meeting, the SD brought a girls' PE teacher as the regular educator. (Ex-difficult child had been excused from PE since 6th grade!!) To be equally nasty, we questioned her at length about what she knew about ex-difficult child (she had never even seen him), what her role was in the meeting, what "contribution" she had to make to each and every IEP goal (nothing--and when she was asked to come up with novel suggestions--she started crying) This probably made her feel like a piece of doo-doo--or else terribly exploited by the Dir of Special Education, which she was. It was not a nice thing to do to this teacher--who was probably a first year teacher who had no idea what she was being drafted to do--but it put on the record how shoddy the SD practices were and how little regard they had for the SPIRIT of the law. It made no difference because at DP, they SD was found to be in procedural compliance through the attendance of that teacher. This is not a perfect law--and for it to work, some good will would be needed, on both sides. I admit what was done to this teacher, who was personally blameless, was not nice, but given what the SD had done, (and I knew I was not going to let them get their hands on ex-difficult child ever again regardless of DP outcome), I expressed my anger and disgust in this way. What I have learned since is that parents who do NOT have the option to educate privately, should not do things such as I described above. That does not mean you have to take what the SD dishes out, however. Sheila is a great model for incredible persistence in continuously reminding a SD that it is breaking the law. Unfortunately, bringing one regular educator who does not know your difficult child is not a procedural violation of law. Martie [/QUOTE]
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