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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 432513" data-attributes="member: 701"><p>Obviously you know that neither of these situations are ideal, so you will want to move on the school district evaluation ASAP, but for temporary placement I would favor the more loving environment where teacher's are engaged.</p><p></p><p>Have you submitted a written response for an evaluation to the school district? A written response sets a legal timeframe in place that the district must comply with. They had no business putting him off until September--that is wrong, wrong, WRONG! They should have done the evaluation so services were in place by the time school started. Usually this is 60 days, but it does vary by state. Districts don't always like to tell you this because it's not convenient for them.</p><p></p><p>FYI, the school doesn't just accept an outside report as the whole sum of the evaluation. They are required to take any reports you submit into consideration, plus do any other needed assessements and develop a plan accordingly. (For instance, social skills fall under the area of speech/language so a speech/language assessment should be done. ) Even if you have talked to the special education director by phone, go ahead and submit a letter requesting a full evaluation. I think there are some examples on the Special Education board here. Key here is to WRITE a letter and send it CERTIFIED MAIL requesting an evalution within the LEGAL TIMEFRAME MANDATED BY IDEA so that you have proof it was received.</p><p></p><p>Did the Special Education director mention early intervention preschool? Often this is a very good route to go and is at no cost to the parent. Unless the needs are very minimal (ie 20 minutes of speech therapy a week) then districts usually offer the early intervention preschool instead of sending supports into a private preschool.</p><p></p><p>If you have good insurance, I might also look into private evaluations for speech at least, and occupational therapy. When you have private evaluations done, don't sign to authorize reports to be sent to the school district. Review them first and hand deliver. You want to know what's inside to make sure it's appropriate before sending it to your child's school file.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 432513, member: 701"] Obviously you know that neither of these situations are ideal, so you will want to move on the school district evaluation ASAP, but for temporary placement I would favor the more loving environment where teacher's are engaged. Have you submitted a written response for an evaluation to the school district? A written response sets a legal timeframe in place that the district must comply with. They had no business putting him off until September--that is wrong, wrong, WRONG! They should have done the evaluation so services were in place by the time school started. Usually this is 60 days, but it does vary by state. Districts don't always like to tell you this because it's not convenient for them. FYI, the school doesn't just accept an outside report as the whole sum of the evaluation. They are required to take any reports you submit into consideration, plus do any other needed assessements and develop a plan accordingly. (For instance, social skills fall under the area of speech/language so a speech/language assessment should be done. ) Even if you have talked to the special education director by phone, go ahead and submit a letter requesting a full evaluation. I think there are some examples on the Special Education board here. Key here is to WRITE a letter and send it CERTIFIED MAIL requesting an evalution within the LEGAL TIMEFRAME MANDATED BY IDEA so that you have proof it was received. Did the Special Education director mention early intervention preschool? Often this is a very good route to go and is at no cost to the parent. Unless the needs are very minimal (ie 20 minutes of speech therapy a week) then districts usually offer the early intervention preschool instead of sending supports into a private preschool. If you have good insurance, I might also look into private evaluations for speech at least, and occupational therapy. When you have private evaluations done, don't sign to authorize reports to be sent to the school district. Review them first and hand deliver. You want to know what's inside to make sure it's appropriate before sending it to your child's school file. [/QUOTE]
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