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difficult child behind in academics - what are his rights?
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<blockquote data-quote="dadside" data-source="post: 218987" data-attributes="member: 5707"><p>Butterflydreams, I'd urge you to get an education advocate with training in IDEA and the Special Education/IEP process. Let him or her work with you to get your son what the law says he is entitled to. Don't call the school psychologist before Monday's meeting, or agree to anything at the meeting other than initiating the IEP process and any offered and appropriate interim services so long as it is clear any agreement on services is a temporary measure pending a full evaluation. I'm not suggesting hiding anything from them. It's more a matter of not complicating things for you and your son in the future.</p><p> </p><p>Advocates can be found easily enough. Some charge for their services, while others do it on a volunteer basis. The latter may be found through the local resource organization which provided the sample letter you used last May.</p><p> </p><p>From what has been written, the local school surely hasn't been diligent in providing help. From the time they receive a properly completed request for evaluation, I believe they have 60 days to complete evaluations etc and convene a committee meeting. And, you are part of the committee deciding on your son's IEP. They might argue that your son wasn't available for testing/evaluation in the relevant time following last May's request, and/or that the Residential Treatment Center (RTC) admission effectively removed him from their responsibility. I don't know whether or not that would hold up, and it would waste nore time pursuing that right now, but do get the clock running at least from Monday.</p><p> </p><p>There are enough issues here to make some kind of third-party help for you reasonable. Even without them, the IDEA/IEP process has enough points that it takes time to learn and get right. And it seems that you really want to get it all right with your schools. That is what a good advocate can do for you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dadside, post: 218987, member: 5707"] Butterflydreams, I'd urge you to get an education advocate with training in IDEA and the Special Education/IEP process. Let him or her work with you to get your son what the law says he is entitled to. Don't call the school psychologist before Monday's meeting, or agree to anything at the meeting other than initiating the IEP process and any offered and appropriate interim services so long as it is clear any agreement on services is a temporary measure pending a full evaluation. I'm not suggesting hiding anything from them. It's more a matter of not complicating things for you and your son in the future. Advocates can be found easily enough. Some charge for their services, while others do it on a volunteer basis. The latter may be found through the local resource organization which provided the sample letter you used last May. From what has been written, the local school surely hasn't been diligent in providing help. From the time they receive a properly completed request for evaluation, I believe they have 60 days to complete evaluations etc and convene a committee meeting. And, you are part of the committee deciding on your son's IEP. They might argue that your son wasn't available for testing/evaluation in the relevant time following last May's request, and/or that the Residential Treatment Center (RTC) admission effectively removed him from their responsibility. I don't know whether or not that would hold up, and it would waste nore time pursuing that right now, but do get the clock running at least from Monday. There are enough issues here to make some kind of third-party help for you reasonable. Even without them, the IDEA/IEP process has enough points that it takes time to learn and get right. And it seems that you really want to get it all right with your schools. That is what a good advocate can do for you. [/QUOTE]
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