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Been a bad year so far...need advice!
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<blockquote data-quote="looking4hope" data-source="post: 149634" data-attributes="member: 4362"><p>Also go online and find some sites that can help you word your letter to the principal. There are some code words to include, and remember that a learning disability is defined as the gap between what a child can learn and is learning. The fact that your difficult child is out of the class more than in, he definitely has a gap! Make sure that they do a full psychiatric profile, as many SDs don't accept the diagnosis of outside specialists, even though many of them have more education than the school psychiatric (that was the situation at my difficult child's SD).</p><p></p><p>Make sure that a copy of this letter also goes to the assistant superintendent of Special Education, so that the school can't jerk you around (a mistake I made, but the school had to take the fall because I had copies of the letter and a receipt of acceptance). I hand delivered my letter and got a receipt, which holds the same legal binding as a certified letter. </p><p></p><p>Anyway, many SDs don't want to put any kids into Special Education because of the $$$, even though the federal government helps to pay for Special Education services. Remember that your child has a right to a free, appropriate and public education whenever you have a meeting with the principal, etc. Right now your child isn't getting an appropriate education, and he needs services to help him get it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="looking4hope, post: 149634, member: 4362"] Also go online and find some sites that can help you word your letter to the principal. There are some code words to include, and remember that a learning disability is defined as the gap between what a child can learn and is learning. The fact that your difficult child is out of the class more than in, he definitely has a gap! Make sure that they do a full psychiatric profile, as many SDs don't accept the diagnosis of outside specialists, even though many of them have more education than the school psychiatric (that was the situation at my difficult child's SD). Make sure that a copy of this letter also goes to the assistant superintendent of Special Education, so that the school can't jerk you around (a mistake I made, but the school had to take the fall because I had copies of the letter and a receipt of acceptance). I hand delivered my letter and got a receipt, which holds the same legal binding as a certified letter. Anyway, many SDs don't want to put any kids into Special Education because of the $$$, even though the federal government helps to pay for Special Education services. Remember that your child has a right to a free, appropriate and public education whenever you have a meeting with the principal, etc. Right now your child isn't getting an appropriate education, and he needs services to help him get it. [/QUOTE]
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