Rannveig
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Hi, folks - It's my youngest who brought me here (and I've been a lurker for years even though this is my first post), but this is a question with respect to my easy child Odin. I worked hard at his old public school to get him an IEP for his articulation issues, and he used to get speech therapy there, but to no avail by the end of 1st grade. Then we moved overseas, and my employer pays over $20k/yr. for him to attend an English-language private school, but after almost refusing to admit him because he had an IEP the school then refused to honor the IEP. The (unnecessarily nasty -- she actually reduced me to tears) speech therapist told me she didn't have time to treat Odin, and the school refuses to hire additional Special Education staff (though they have plenty of money for their drop-dead gorgeous campus/facilities). The school recommended a private speech therapist to me, which I thought was seriously unethical (I'm not saying they receive kickbacks from her, but certainly the appearance of an improper relationship is there). I ignored the suggestion, and a year later (by which time the school suggested the speech problem might resolve on its own), nothing has changed.
What I'm wondering is, have any of you been able to use arguments to convince a private school to honor a public school IEP? What works to get a cheapskate administration to do the right thing? The private school principal told me I should count my blessings that my kid didn't have worse problems, but Odin is still my kid, and I want to do the best for him I can.
In case it's relevant, I should mention that I get no support from husband on this. He thinks I shouldn't be doing anything that could risk labeling Odin as defective. I think that's very short-sighted, but we're at an impasse, so I've just stopped including him in discussions of what to do.
-Ranny
What I'm wondering is, have any of you been able to use arguments to convince a private school to honor a public school IEP? What works to get a cheapskate administration to do the right thing? The private school principal told me I should count my blessings that my kid didn't have worse problems, but Odin is still my kid, and I want to do the best for him I can.
In case it's relevant, I should mention that I get no support from husband on this. He thinks I shouldn't be doing anything that could risk labeling Odin as defective. I think that's very short-sighted, but we're at an impasse, so I've just stopped including him in discussions of what to do.
-Ranny