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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 362718" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Have you been over the the special education part of this board? There are so many helpful ways to handle the whole school issue, in all its' facets, over there. The Special Education Archives is a real treasure chest of ways to help. I would read as much of that as you can, taking notes, and would post about all this there. </p><p></p><p>As far as your son's presence at the meeting, did they send you a WRITTEN notice of the meeting? There is a requirement that they send you a written notice of the meeting a certain number of days in advance. Info will be available somewhere on the Sp Ed forum or you can just ask if you cannot find it. If your son is supposed to be at the meeting I would think that it would be mentioned in that notice. FWIW, I would take your son to ALL future meetings from now on. If they refuse to let him attend he can sit in the hall. At some point he has a legal right to attend these meetings. My difficult child was allowed to attend from 8th grade on. Since he skipped 7th grade the rule may be from 7th. </p><p></p><p>I am not sure if I mentioned this, but we have an outline of a parent report that is very very helpful when dealing with schools, docs, etc... Your binder may have some or all of the info, but checking the outline out might help fill in any gaps in information or help you provide info on things you didn't think of. You can find it in the General Archives under the thread title "parent input/multidisciplinary evaluation" or some version of those words. If I have already mentioned it to you, sorry for repeating myself.</p><p></p><p>I would NOT call school about transport to doctor appts. It is none of their business and you can be SURE they will use it against you if they can twist it. They may try to say you "neglect" your son by not taking him to docs if they know you have a tough time getting to appts, for example. If there is a way to use it against you, they WILL find it. I would simply call the # on your insurance card or your case manager. </p><p></p><p>As for partial credit, it is solely at a teacher's discretion unless it is written in an IEP. 504's don't really count as they are not enforceable. The only exception is if there is a school policy that someone feels like enforcing. In our district, if a student is on in school suspension or is suspended ALL of the assignments for those days are given 0 points. Our schools above elementary enforce this because the computers kick out other grades if the student is marked suspended or ISS. Elementary schools use another system and rarely use any kind of suspension. The ONLY way your son will get credit is if it is in his IEP. Even then you may have to battle to have it followed.</p><p></p><p>Terry, as for what your difficult child says about learning to cope, he is only partially right. The 1:1 time in a sp ed room or special school is designed to help him learn and to help him learn how to learn in the reg class. Mainstreaming is then done gradually with supports so that difficult child will be able to learn in the reg class. It will be MUCH easier for him in the long run if he does the 1:1 and learns basics and how to learn than if he stays in a reg class and tries to get it on his own. The nature of Aspergers and autistic spectrum disorders is that simply learning how to cope/learn from observing others is very difficult. difficult child is right about needing the skills for later in life. He is mistaken on the best way to learn and implement the skills.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 362718, member: 1233"] Have you been over the the special education part of this board? There are so many helpful ways to handle the whole school issue, in all its' facets, over there. The Special Education Archives is a real treasure chest of ways to help. I would read as much of that as you can, taking notes, and would post about all this there. As far as your son's presence at the meeting, did they send you a WRITTEN notice of the meeting? There is a requirement that they send you a written notice of the meeting a certain number of days in advance. Info will be available somewhere on the Sp Ed forum or you can just ask if you cannot find it. If your son is supposed to be at the meeting I would think that it would be mentioned in that notice. FWIW, I would take your son to ALL future meetings from now on. If they refuse to let him attend he can sit in the hall. At some point he has a legal right to attend these meetings. My difficult child was allowed to attend from 8th grade on. Since he skipped 7th grade the rule may be from 7th. I am not sure if I mentioned this, but we have an outline of a parent report that is very very helpful when dealing with schools, docs, etc... Your binder may have some or all of the info, but checking the outline out might help fill in any gaps in information or help you provide info on things you didn't think of. You can find it in the General Archives under the thread title "parent input/multidisciplinary evaluation" or some version of those words. If I have already mentioned it to you, sorry for repeating myself. I would NOT call school about transport to doctor appts. It is none of their business and you can be SURE they will use it against you if they can twist it. They may try to say you "neglect" your son by not taking him to docs if they know you have a tough time getting to appts, for example. If there is a way to use it against you, they WILL find it. I would simply call the # on your insurance card or your case manager. As for partial credit, it is solely at a teacher's discretion unless it is written in an IEP. 504's don't really count as they are not enforceable. The only exception is if there is a school policy that someone feels like enforcing. In our district, if a student is on in school suspension or is suspended ALL of the assignments for those days are given 0 points. Our schools above elementary enforce this because the computers kick out other grades if the student is marked suspended or ISS. Elementary schools use another system and rarely use any kind of suspension. The ONLY way your son will get credit is if it is in his IEP. Even then you may have to battle to have it followed. Terry, as for what your difficult child says about learning to cope, he is only partially right. The 1:1 time in a sp ed room or special school is designed to help him learn and to help him learn how to learn in the reg class. Mainstreaming is then done gradually with supports so that difficult child will be able to learn in the reg class. It will be MUCH easier for him in the long run if he does the 1:1 and learns basics and how to learn than if he stays in a reg class and tries to get it on his own. The nature of Aspergers and autistic spectrum disorders is that simply learning how to cope/learn from observing others is very difficult. difficult child is right about needing the skills for later in life. He is mistaken on the best way to learn and implement the skills. [/QUOTE]
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