Woofens
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A few years ago when we first started with easy child 1's IEP, I knew this stuff, but its been 7 years since I had to do this stuff and I can't remember where to find the information and am quite frankly too frustrated too look for long.
Isn't it the law that if you request testing for Learning Disability (LD)'s etc in writing that they SD has to comply? I'm asking because when I was at the school yesterday (see my vent post in General for info) I asked the principal about testing for my PCS and difficult child. My oldest easy child has an IEP in place and no problems there. Principal told me that now, to get that testing done, the teachers have to see and recognize a problem, document it, and if warranted, bring it to the attention of the principal who will then decide if and IAT (Intervention Assistance Team) meeting is necessary. I kind of blew it off because there were other more important things to discuss. This morning, I called the Director of Special Education, and he told me the same thing... told me that this way works better because it eliminates unnecessary testing, and the IAT can put assistance plans in place before the testing is done (even placement in CD Learning Disability (LD) classes if they feel its necessary) which benefits the student in the long run because the assistance is available immediately instead of having to wait on the test results. Also told me that testing can be a long wait because there is only 1 school psychiatric. He told me that he would call the principal and tell her to put together the IAT for both children, and that I would hear something soon. He also told me to call and talk to her today about having spoken to him. I waited about 15 minutes to call her because he said that he was going to call her immediately, when I called she was unavailable and was supposed to call me right back. I haven't heard back from her yet (this was early this AM)
So, have things changed so much that this is the "new" way of handling this process? Or is it just another attempt on the part of the SD to hope I back off so that they don't "have" to test the kids?
Thanks for any help you can give me We are in OH if that helps at all
Jan
Isn't it the law that if you request testing for Learning Disability (LD)'s etc in writing that they SD has to comply? I'm asking because when I was at the school yesterday (see my vent post in General for info) I asked the principal about testing for my PCS and difficult child. My oldest easy child has an IEP in place and no problems there. Principal told me that now, to get that testing done, the teachers have to see and recognize a problem, document it, and if warranted, bring it to the attention of the principal who will then decide if and IAT (Intervention Assistance Team) meeting is necessary. I kind of blew it off because there were other more important things to discuss. This morning, I called the Director of Special Education, and he told me the same thing... told me that this way works better because it eliminates unnecessary testing, and the IAT can put assistance plans in place before the testing is done (even placement in CD Learning Disability (LD) classes if they feel its necessary) which benefits the student in the long run because the assistance is available immediately instead of having to wait on the test results. Also told me that testing can be a long wait because there is only 1 school psychiatric. He told me that he would call the principal and tell her to put together the IAT for both children, and that I would hear something soon. He also told me to call and talk to her today about having spoken to him. I waited about 15 minutes to call her because he said that he was going to call her immediately, when I called she was unavailable and was supposed to call me right back. I haven't heard back from her yet (this was early this AM)
So, have things changed so much that this is the "new" way of handling this process? Or is it just another attempt on the part of the SD to hope I back off so that they don't "have" to test the kids?
Thanks for any help you can give me We are in OH if that helps at all
Jan