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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 341338" data-attributes="member: 701"><p>Shari, I think on the school front that this is the direction that you must go if Wee is to move forward from here. It takes a lot for any parent to stand up to the school district, but my fear for Wee is that this cycle will continue in which the district can skirt their responsibilities and because you are such a caring parent you will continue to step in and pick up the slack, instead of holding them accountable to their federally mandated responsibilities. In the short term we do what we have to for our kids, but we have heard often from parents here with older kids that when they went to extremes in picking up the slack, it turned into enabling the school to continue on and is harmful to the child in the long run.</p><p> </p><p>Best case scenario is that you hire someone to help you accomplish what needs to happen with the district. It isn't cheap, but will probably be cheaper than years of missed work hours, losing benefits, or paying out of pocket for an alternative school setting or medical bills if his stability continues to deteriorate.</p><p> </p><p>If you absolutely can't, it's critical to educate yourself and be fluent in the terminology of IDEA and FAPE, and be willing to use it to defend his rights. I've italicized the important part of the definition from Dept of Ed website--clearly Wee's services aren't designed to meet his needs as adequately as the needs of students without disabilities in his school. You need to be armed with a specific list of how they are violating this law. Bringing in a written log of all the hours they have sent him home and deprived him of his FAPE will let them know you mean business. </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/504faq.html#terms" target="_blank">http://ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/504faq.html#terms</a></p><p><strong><u>Free appropriate public education (FAPE)</u></strong>: a term used in the elementary and secondary school context; for purposes of Section 504, refers to the <em><u>provision of regular or special education and related aids and services that are designed to meet individual educational needs of students with disabilities as adequately as the needs of students without disabilities are met</u></em> and is based upon adherence to procedures that satisfy the Section 504 requirements pertaining to educational setting, evaluation and placement, and procedural safeguards </p><p> </p><p>Here's the page on wrightslaw on FAPE. </p><p><a href="http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/fape.index.htm" target="_blank">http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/fape.index.htm</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 341338, member: 701"] Shari, I think on the school front that this is the direction that you must go if Wee is to move forward from here. It takes a lot for any parent to stand up to the school district, but my fear for Wee is that this cycle will continue in which the district can skirt their responsibilities and because you are such a caring parent you will continue to step in and pick up the slack, instead of holding them accountable to their federally mandated responsibilities. In the short term we do what we have to for our kids, but we have heard often from parents here with older kids that when they went to extremes in picking up the slack, it turned into enabling the school to continue on and is harmful to the child in the long run. Best case scenario is that you hire someone to help you accomplish what needs to happen with the district. It isn't cheap, but will probably be cheaper than years of missed work hours, losing benefits, or paying out of pocket for an alternative school setting or medical bills if his stability continues to deteriorate. If you absolutely can't, it's critical to educate yourself and be fluent in the terminology of IDEA and FAPE, and be willing to use it to defend his rights. I've italicized the important part of the definition from Dept of Ed website--clearly Wee's services aren't designed to meet his needs as adequately as the needs of students without disabilities in his school. You need to be armed with a specific list of how they are violating this law. Bringing in a written log of all the hours they have sent him home and deprived him of his FAPE will let them know you mean business. [URL]http://ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/504faq.html#terms[/URL] [B][U]Free appropriate public education (FAPE)[/U][/B]: a term used in the elementary and secondary school context; for purposes of Section 504, refers to the [I][U]provision of regular or special education and related aids and services that are designed to meet individual educational needs of students with disabilities as adequately as the needs of students without disabilities are met[/U][/I] and is based upon adherence to procedures that satisfy the Section 504 requirements pertaining to educational setting, evaluation and placement, and procedural safeguards Here's the page on wrightslaw on FAPE. [URL]http://www.wrightslaw.com/info/fape.index.htm[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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