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Is there any laws/bills re: children with mental disabilities?
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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 199820" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>Jen, the laws are very different for juveniles and vary from state to state. For instance, here at least, a juvenile is supposed to be read his rights before being arrested and has a right to an attorney and/or parent prior to be questioned. However, I've never heard of a single case where that happens because the policemen intimidate the kid into believing all sorts of things- one told my son that they had tried all day to find me and I could not be located. That was a blatant lie. I was home except for about 1hr 45 min at school for a meeting. And, caller ID never showed ONE phone call. I double checked phone records to make sure they were consistent with caller id, thinking maybe my phone hadn't been working correctly. Then, if the kid doesn't spill his guts, the policeman tells the judge that the kid was "uncooperative". Whereas, as an adult, "uncooperative" verges on meaning that someone caused a problem or was lieing, I think.</p><p></p><p>As far as school, check on line and see if you can locate your state dept. of education's regulations for Special Education. I found some useful things on our state's web site that helped me in dealing with the school. State regs should be fairly consistent with federal law and their compliance impacts how much federal funding they get. I found that the state dept was a lot more interested in being in compliance than the actual school was.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 199820, member: 3699"] Jen, the laws are very different for juveniles and vary from state to state. For instance, here at least, a juvenile is supposed to be read his rights before being arrested and has a right to an attorney and/or parent prior to be questioned. However, I've never heard of a single case where that happens because the policemen intimidate the kid into believing all sorts of things- one told my son that they had tried all day to find me and I could not be located. That was a blatant lie. I was home except for about 1hr 45 min at school for a meeting. And, caller ID never showed ONE phone call. I double checked phone records to make sure they were consistent with caller id, thinking maybe my phone hadn't been working correctly. Then, if the kid doesn't spill his guts, the policeman tells the judge that the kid was "uncooperative". Whereas, as an adult, "uncooperative" verges on meaning that someone caused a problem or was lieing, I think. As far as school, check on line and see if you can locate your state dept. of education's regulations for Special Education. I found some useful things on our state's web site that helped me in dealing with the school. State regs should be fairly consistent with federal law and their compliance impacts how much federal funding they get. I found that the state dept was a lot more interested in being in compliance than the actual school was. [/QUOTE]
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