hi
I have to wonder as I read the various posts, the struggles we all have had with schools, ieps, 504's, teachers, staff it just seems like this never ending battle for alot of us. Also with most of us in different states.
I've spoken to my own therapist regarding this, different legislation trying to be passed, etc. it just seems as though there are no laws besides standard stuff, in regards to all of this.
If us as parents are able to show documentation, have doctors (whether there is clear cut diagnosis or not) supporting our statements via letter or verbal, we have our own experiences as parents and our own input, documented experiences from teachers........what right do these either schools, or Special Education committee's have to grill the parents, simply put jerk us around with following provisions while difficult child's are in their care clearly stated on such ieps and 504's, all sort of issues i have seen here clearly stated by many many of us parents.
It just seems a bit ridiculous, i do get that with any type of anything there is never going to be perfection, yet this to me seems like absolute insanity.
Isn't it rough enough for us parents just parenting our children, finding the right doctors, the right combo of medication's, figuring out how to handle the issues at home with our other children, that ontop of all of that we have to push, and fight, and document, and blah blah blah...........
Does anyone else see this as absolute insanity for us? Now granted i have not done the research here i'm just throwing this out there without knowledge if anything is out there, yet i would think if it were we wouldn't all be struggling so hard.
I have to wonder as I read the various posts, the struggles we all have had with schools, ieps, 504's, teachers, staff it just seems like this never ending battle for alot of us. Also with most of us in different states.
I've spoken to my own therapist regarding this, different legislation trying to be passed, etc. it just seems as though there are no laws besides standard stuff, in regards to all of this.
If us as parents are able to show documentation, have doctors (whether there is clear cut diagnosis or not) supporting our statements via letter or verbal, we have our own experiences as parents and our own input, documented experiences from teachers........what right do these either schools, or Special Education committee's have to grill the parents, simply put jerk us around with following provisions while difficult child's are in their care clearly stated on such ieps and 504's, all sort of issues i have seen here clearly stated by many many of us parents.
It just seems a bit ridiculous, i do get that with any type of anything there is never going to be perfection, yet this to me seems like absolute insanity.
Isn't it rough enough for us parents just parenting our children, finding the right doctors, the right combo of medication's, figuring out how to handle the issues at home with our other children, that ontop of all of that we have to push, and fight, and document, and blah blah blah...........
Does anyone else see this as absolute insanity for us? Now granted i have not done the research here i'm just throwing this out there without knowledge if anything is out there, yet i would think if it were we wouldn't all be struggling so hard.