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<blockquote data-quote="Babbs" data-source="post: 74149" data-attributes="member: 3820"><p>Jemma,</p><p>when you mentioned change of placement, did the school staff discuss with you that it may be a change of school? Or is that how you are interpreting the statement on the consent for evaluation?</p><p></p><p>Change of placement is educational jargon for changing where the student spends the bulk of time in his educational environment. It does NOT mean change of school automatically. If the evaluation were to show, for example, that spending more time in the resource room would be better for him, changing that time on an IEP is considered a Change of Placement.</p><p></p><p>For example, if your student spends 80-100% of his educational time in the general education classroom, and the evaluation shows that he may benefit from spending 40-79% of his time in the resource room (e.g. more small group instruction in a quiet environment verses a paraeducator in his general education classroom) this time change is considered a "Change of Placement." Anytime WHERE a child is physically spending his time for the purposes of his educational needs changes on an IEP, then an evaluation to demonstrate a need for a "Change of Placement" is legally required.</p><p></p><p></p><p>It sounds as though the school has some information gathering it needs to do and is wanting some outside help to do so. Legally, for any school staff or someone consulting for the school staff, to do a records review or observation MUST legally have parental consent. It sounds like the school district may have a policy and procedure in place of what needs to happen in order to cover their butt liability wise. </p><p></p><p>If I were in your position I would want to do several things:</p><p>1. Call an meeting of the IEP team to discuss this occurance. </p><p>2. Why did he not go back to the regular ed classroom? Has the principal, AP or Sped Teacher observed the classroom to find out how he's fitting in there? </p><p>3. Is the team following his existing IEP and BIP? If not, that needs to occur prior to any further evaluation or changes.</p><p>4. Contact the district office and find out what the policy and procedures are - is it district wide or this one school trying to save their <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/2012/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" />?</p><p>5. I wouldn't sign consent unless I felt that after gathering the above information gave me an indication that he may do this again and that changes need to be made to his BIP or LRE for HIS benefit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babbs, post: 74149, member: 3820"] Jemma, when you mentioned change of placement, did the school staff discuss with you that it may be a change of school? Or is that how you are interpreting the statement on the consent for evaluation? Change of placement is educational jargon for changing where the student spends the bulk of time in his educational environment. It does NOT mean change of school automatically. If the evaluation were to show, for example, that spending more time in the resource room would be better for him, changing that time on an IEP is considered a Change of Placement. For example, if your student spends 80-100% of his educational time in the general education classroom, and the evaluation shows that he may benefit from spending 40-79% of his time in the resource room (e.g. more small group instruction in a quiet environment verses a paraeducator in his general education classroom) this time change is considered a "Change of Placement." Anytime WHERE a child is physically spending his time for the purposes of his educational needs changes on an IEP, then an evaluation to demonstrate a need for a "Change of Placement" is legally required. It sounds as though the school has some information gathering it needs to do and is wanting some outside help to do so. Legally, for any school staff or someone consulting for the school staff, to do a records review or observation MUST legally have parental consent. It sounds like the school district may have a policy and procedure in place of what needs to happen in order to cover their butt liability wise. If I were in your position I would want to do several things: 1. Call an meeting of the IEP team to discuss this occurance. 2. Why did he not go back to the regular ed classroom? Has the principal, AP or Sped Teacher observed the classroom to find out how he's fitting in there? 3. Is the team following his existing IEP and BIP? If not, that needs to occur prior to any further evaluation or changes. 4. Contact the district office and find out what the policy and procedures are - is it district wide or this one school trying to save their :censored:? 5. I wouldn't sign consent unless I felt that after gathering the above information gave me an indication that he may do this again and that changes need to be made to his BIP or LRE for HIS benefit. [/QUOTE]
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