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School psychologist doesn't agree with diagnosis
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<blockquote data-quote="SchPsych" data-source="post: 27991" data-attributes="member: 3563"><p>Martie,</p><p>I appreciate you welcoming me to the board in your other post, and your responses as well. You are right, knowledge is extremely important for parents to use to level the field and the squeaky wheel does still get the grease. And that is not fair or legally acceptable. My original point really was that advocacy can be done on many levels other than just in individual meetings between child study teams and parents. I think broader changes in the law and in school districts could ensure greater quality of education to a greater number of students. I do think it is terrible that families are unjustly deprived of FAPE, and I am trying to be active in my own district to improve the inequalities. It isn't and probably never will be a perfect system because the dedication to providing FAPE is not equal in all school districts. People need to know their rights as well as they know their kids. I give a lot of credit to parents that are reading this forum and seeking knowledge because they are actively advocating for their child. I wish families in my district had the access and education to obtain this same level of knowledge but ordering books and going to websites is not always easy for the lower socioeconomic families in my area where families don't all have computers and work all hours of the day to support single parent families.</p><p>Just to clarify, I only joined this board to try to offer my own opinions that may or may not be helpful to others based on experiences I have as a professional. My purpose is not to challenge others or act as an authority. I just find it helpful to hear different perspectives on issues. And I appreciate having a better understanding of parents' points of view. I'm not familiar with all of the abbreviations or signatures in all of the entries, and maybe I can learn that. But if my responses interfere with the help you provide each other I can certainly refrain from writing as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SchPsych, post: 27991, member: 3563"] Martie, I appreciate you welcoming me to the board in your other post, and your responses as well. You are right, knowledge is extremely important for parents to use to level the field and the squeaky wheel does still get the grease. And that is not fair or legally acceptable. My original point really was that advocacy can be done on many levels other than just in individual meetings between child study teams and parents. I think broader changes in the law and in school districts could ensure greater quality of education to a greater number of students. I do think it is terrible that families are unjustly deprived of FAPE, and I am trying to be active in my own district to improve the inequalities. It isn't and probably never will be a perfect system because the dedication to providing FAPE is not equal in all school districts. People need to know their rights as well as they know their kids. I give a lot of credit to parents that are reading this forum and seeking knowledge because they are actively advocating for their child. I wish families in my district had the access and education to obtain this same level of knowledge but ordering books and going to websites is not always easy for the lower socioeconomic families in my area where families don't all have computers and work all hours of the day to support single parent families. Just to clarify, I only joined this board to try to offer my own opinions that may or may not be helpful to others based on experiences I have as a professional. My purpose is not to challenge others or act as an authority. I just find it helpful to hear different perspectives on issues. And I appreciate having a better understanding of parents' points of view. I'm not familiar with all of the abbreviations or signatures in all of the entries, and maybe I can learn that. But if my responses interfere with the help you provide each other I can certainly refrain from writing as well. [/QUOTE]
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