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<blockquote data-quote="buddy" data-source="post: 515386" data-attributes="member: 12886"><p>Its true, luckily I live in the cities but my advocate travels all over the state, even 6 hours away the other day! So, if you can, try the disability law center in your state and call and call again....getting through to her took over a month, since then I have had DAILY contact, sometimes multiple times a day. They also have connections to lawyers who will do pro bono work. They especially like to work on cases where kids are being pushed out of schools into more restrictive settings because parent and child rights are walked all over. Let them know how awful and rude the tone became. That made my advocate on her own file complaints on the SD. She also told the superintendent, director of secondary schools, and director of special education that she would never tolerate a meeting like that again and we would walk out and end the meeting if anyone ever raised voices, pointed fingers, only discussed negative issues and not problem solve it, etc. She was pi$$ed off. I hope you can find someone like that. PACER has sites in other states and will refer. They are paid professional positions, not volunteer, and while most are parents who receive intensive training in the law and how to advocate, they also use interns and have a program to train volunteer parents to advocate in different areas. I am just saying don't let the distance stop you from making the call....they may be the ones who know the connections. Your department of education (again state level) should also be able to give you references. (in fact every district I have lived and worked in has a list of options in the parent rights handouts that come with all of the due process paperwork you *should* get).</p><p></p><p>In the end, did the decisions that were made come from a collaboration or did they bully you into that placement? Sorry that his day is going to be full of all challenging things to him. Can the time in the BI room at least in part include activities that are not all homework, make up work related. All kids need some kind of break in their day to do creative or motor activities. I hope they consider his needs in that area. Esp. if Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) is even in part some of this... Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids need built into their schedule sensory breaks throughout the day. For some that is to GET sensory input for others it is to get away. They often need help re-organizing and calming their neurological state.</p><p></p><p>In terms of an Independent Evaluation....</p><p>Here is a letter written on the Writeslaw website (you can go there and enter IEE and get a bunch more info)</p><p>But having recently needed this I will share this letter. In summary it says that the list provided by a district is simply a list to help you if you dont know where to start. But all they really can require is that you meet guidenlines in terms of type of evaluator, cost, location, etc. If you can find your own that meets the criteria then you can select your own. If you have a situation like I do where they dont have anyone in district, or on their list or maybe even that meets the criteria then they must agree because the mandate is that each child be evaluated in every area of (suspected) disability. For me that means that they have to know about brain injury too. NO one not even the one we agreed to has that knowledge (She admitted that at our meeting so now that I have connected with a brain injury center, and it is a common, well known hospital based program, I am sure I can switch since the other never started).</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps. I really do feel for you.... as TeDo said, the emotional part of what they do is the worst. It can wear you down and I get not being able to talk about it for a while. I still barely can discuss some of the meetings. I didn't post anything for over a day even this last meeting and it was not ugly! (a day for me here is long as people will tell you, I really need this place)....</p><p></p><p>HUGS and wishing you an army in an advocate. It does make a huge difference (by the way, if you can't find one at least bring in someone who can act official and to take notes constantly. Find out the recording laws from state advocacy agencies and DO IT. their words need to come back to them either through witness or recorded message).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buddy, post: 515386, member: 12886"] Its true, luckily I live in the cities but my advocate travels all over the state, even 6 hours away the other day! So, if you can, try the disability law center in your state and call and call again....getting through to her took over a month, since then I have had DAILY contact, sometimes multiple times a day. They also have connections to lawyers who will do pro bono work. They especially like to work on cases where kids are being pushed out of schools into more restrictive settings because parent and child rights are walked all over. Let them know how awful and rude the tone became. That made my advocate on her own file complaints on the SD. She also told the superintendent, director of secondary schools, and director of special education that she would never tolerate a meeting like that again and we would walk out and end the meeting if anyone ever raised voices, pointed fingers, only discussed negative issues and not problem solve it, etc. She was pi$$ed off. I hope you can find someone like that. PACER has sites in other states and will refer. They are paid professional positions, not volunteer, and while most are parents who receive intensive training in the law and how to advocate, they also use interns and have a program to train volunteer parents to advocate in different areas. I am just saying don't let the distance stop you from making the call....they may be the ones who know the connections. Your department of education (again state level) should also be able to give you references. (in fact every district I have lived and worked in has a list of options in the parent rights handouts that come with all of the due process paperwork you *should* get). In the end, did the decisions that were made come from a collaboration or did they bully you into that placement? Sorry that his day is going to be full of all challenging things to him. Can the time in the BI room at least in part include activities that are not all homework, make up work related. All kids need some kind of break in their day to do creative or motor activities. I hope they consider his needs in that area. Esp. if Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) is even in part some of this... Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids need built into their schedule sensory breaks throughout the day. For some that is to GET sensory input for others it is to get away. They often need help re-organizing and calming their neurological state. In terms of an Independent Evaluation.... Here is a letter written on the Writeslaw website (you can go there and enter IEE and get a bunch more info) But having recently needed this I will share this letter. In summary it says that the list provided by a district is simply a list to help you if you dont know where to start. But all they really can require is that you meet guidenlines in terms of type of evaluator, cost, location, etc. If you can find your own that meets the criteria then you can select your own. If you have a situation like I do where they dont have anyone in district, or on their list or maybe even that meets the criteria then they must agree because the mandate is that each child be evaluated in every area of (suspected) disability. For me that means that they have to know about brain injury too. NO one not even the one we agreed to has that knowledge (She admitted that at our meeting so now that I have connected with a brain injury center, and it is a common, well known hospital based program, I am sure I can switch since the other never started). Hope this helps. I really do feel for you.... as TeDo said, the emotional part of what they do is the worst. It can wear you down and I get not being able to talk about it for a while. I still barely can discuss some of the meetings. I didn't post anything for over a day even this last meeting and it was not ugly! (a day for me here is long as people will tell you, I really need this place).... HUGS and wishing you an army in an advocate. It does make a huge difference (by the way, if you can't find one at least bring in someone who can act official and to take notes constantly. Find out the recording laws from state advocacy agencies and DO IT. their words need to come back to them either through witness or recorded message). [/QUOTE]
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