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<blockquote data-quote="Sheila" data-source="post: 104394" data-attributes="member: 23"><p>Making sure the facts are correct, the home sd is in MD, difficult child is or until recently was in private school in Difficult Child, and will be shortly enrolled in a Wisconsin program?</p><p></p><p>The student doesnt have to be enrolled in order to be evaluated by the school district. </p><p></p><p>The home sd is responsible for evaluating in conjunction with IDEA, however, because of logistics I dont think it would be perceived as reasonable to expect a MD school district to evaluate a child that is out-of-state and does not have an IEP. I would think the evaluation would have to be done prior to the child leaving or after s/he returns. If difficult child is leaving next week for Wisconsin, prior to is a moot point. Additionally, it is the school holiday season.</p><p></p><p>Have you discussed this with-your educational consultant? The consultant should be able to give you some direction in this regard.</p><p></p><p>Just so you know, the sd has at least 60 days to evaluate (and that is when the student is immediately available to the sd), then an IEP meeting is held to determine whether the student is even eligible for an IEP. If s/he is, the IEP is written and then it can take some time to get it fully implemented.</p><p></p><p>If the Wisconsin program writes a report regarding their evaluation and recommendations, the school district can accept it in lieu of doing their own evaluation if it is executed by appropriately credentialed professional(s), but thats a fairly rare happening -- but it does happen. </p><p></p><p>Assuming your son would be deemed eligible for an IEP, its been my experience that it is also rare the first placement is a therapeutic day school due to least restrictive environment (LRE) issues even when it is recommended.</p><p></p><p>Also, a parent can request that an evaluation be expedited but a sd typically does this only in very extreme cases. </p><p></p><p>In your case, before the 1st of the year Id probably send a parent referral evaluation letter to the school district with notation that difficult child is expected to return home on xyz date and request that they can be geared up and ready to proceed immediately upon his return.</p><p></p><p>I hope the Wisconsin program works well for your son, and the school district is willing to work with you on this. The extra time to schedule difficult child into their district workload should make things a little easier for them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sheila, post: 104394, member: 23"] Making sure the facts are correct, the home sd is in MD, difficult child is or until recently was in private school in Difficult Child, and will be shortly enrolled in a Wisconsin program? The student doesnt have to be enrolled in order to be evaluated by the school district. The home sd is responsible for evaluating in conjunction with IDEA, however, because of logistics I dont think it would be perceived as reasonable to expect a MD school district to evaluate a child that is out-of-state and does not have an IEP. I would think the evaluation would have to be done prior to the child leaving or after s/he returns. If difficult child is leaving next week for Wisconsin, prior to is a moot point. Additionally, it is the school holiday season. Have you discussed this with-your educational consultant? The consultant should be able to give you some direction in this regard. Just so you know, the sd has at least 60 days to evaluate (and that is when the student is immediately available to the sd), then an IEP meeting is held to determine whether the student is even eligible for an IEP. If s/he is, the IEP is written and then it can take some time to get it fully implemented. If the Wisconsin program writes a report regarding their evaluation and recommendations, the school district can accept it in lieu of doing their own evaluation if it is executed by appropriately credentialed professional(s), but thats a fairly rare happening -- but it does happen. Assuming your son would be deemed eligible for an IEP, its been my experience that it is also rare the first placement is a therapeutic day school due to least restrictive environment (LRE) issues even when it is recommended. Also, a parent can request that an evaluation be expedited but a sd typically does this only in very extreme cases. In your case, before the 1st of the year Id probably send a parent referral evaluation letter to the school district with notation that difficult child is expected to return home on xyz date and request that they can be geared up and ready to proceed immediately upon his return. I hope the Wisconsin program works well for your son, and the school district is willing to work with you on this. The extra time to schedule difficult child into their district workload should make things a little easier for them. [/QUOTE]
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