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The squeaky wheel gets the grease. So, SQUEAK SQUEAK SQUEAK! Your local SELPA should be able to help you with an advocate. I'm an adapted PE teacher, and I can tell you, when an advocate shows up with parents, people pay more attention to dotting the i's and crossing the t's. Not all Special Education departments are created equal, so learn up, find a local chapter of something like Parents Helping Parents, and be politely insistent. Yes, I work with students that have what we call "learned helplessness," and this gets to be an issue as they kids get up to middle school and beyond and services tend to "go away." We are always looking for ways to increase independence. So, have an honest look at what your child can do for herself. If that's the school argument: that an aide would interfere with her LRE, then why is it in the IEP? If there is a recommendation for an aide in that legal document and contract with the school district (which is what your IEP is), they have to honor it. And if they aren't going to, they have to hold an addendum and get your signature to change it.


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