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<blockquote data-quote="seriously" data-source="post: 433091" data-attributes="member: 11920"><p>If the school district found him ineligible for early intervention they must still hold a meeting that includes everyone who evaluated your child as part of the eligibility process. Not just the Special Education director.</p><p></p><p>If they refused to evaluate your son for early intervention they should have issued a written denial (called "prior written notice") stating why they believe your child is NOT a child with a disability and therefore does not qualify for evaluation.</p><p></p><p>Here are links to more specific information that will help you understand the early intervention process and the procedural safeguards (i.e. the rules the school district must follow or be subject to sanctions) that are intended to protect the rights of parents and children.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.parentcenterhub.org/resources/" target="_blank">http://www.parentcenterhub.org/resources/</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://idea.ed.gov/explore/view/p/%2Croot%2Cstatute%2CI%2CC%2C639%2C" target="_blank">http://idea.ed.gov/explore/view/p/,root,statute,I,C,639,</a></p><p></p><p>Placement is a group of services that are determined by the child's needs. Not the other way around. So the fact that your child was currently in a Head Start preschool should not have been a reason for finding that he is not a child with a disability.</p><p></p><p>If he was not found to be eligible, it certainly sounds like he should have been. At the minimum, the school district was required to issue a prior written notice saying why they wouldn't do an eligibillity evaluation. If they did an eligibility evaluation and didn't hold a team meeting to review the results then they have again violated IDEA regulations.</p><p></p><p>As others have said, early intervention services are there because they are important. The more intervention that is done early in a child's life the more successful the child is likely to be in the future. Which also means he may need fewer interventions to be successful at school. It can make a huge difference in your child's long term success.</p><p></p><p>It certainly sounds like the Special Education person was hoping you were ignorant and willing to buy her "he's in a good enough placement now" line even though YOU know that the placement is not helping your son progress as he should be doing.</p><p></p><p>The letter you write will depend on where you were in the process when you were told he wasn't eligible. IDEA says that if a parent requests special education evaluation orally, it is the school district's responsibility to help the parent put the request in writing.</p><p></p><p>New to IDEA 2004: if a child attends a private school or preschool located in a school district other than her home&#8211;address school district, the parent must write to request evaluation from the school district where the child's current school is located, even though the child will ultimately be served by her home district if she qualifies for services. So you need to be aware of whether the preschool you choose is in your home district or not.</p><p></p><p>If you want more help with this, why don't you post in the Special Education forum?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="seriously, post: 433091, member: 11920"] If the school district found him ineligible for early intervention they must still hold a meeting that includes everyone who evaluated your child as part of the eligibility process. Not just the Special Education director. If they refused to evaluate your son for early intervention they should have issued a written denial (called "prior written notice") stating why they believe your child is NOT a child with a disability and therefore does not qualify for evaluation. Here are links to more specific information that will help you understand the early intervention process and the procedural safeguards (i.e. the rules the school district must follow or be subject to sanctions) that are intended to protect the rights of parents and children. [url]http://www.parentcenterhub.org/resources/[/url] [URL='http://idea.ed.gov/explore/view/p/%2Croot%2Cstatute%2CI%2CC%2C639%2C']http://idea.ed.gov/explore/view/p/,root,statute,I,C,639,[/URL] Placement is a group of services that are determined by the child's needs. Not the other way around. So the fact that your child was currently in a Head Start preschool should not have been a reason for finding that he is not a child with a disability. If he was not found to be eligible, it certainly sounds like he should have been. At the minimum, the school district was required to issue a prior written notice saying why they wouldn't do an eligibillity evaluation. If they did an eligibility evaluation and didn't hold a team meeting to review the results then they have again violated IDEA regulations. As others have said, early intervention services are there because they are important. The more intervention that is done early in a child's life the more successful the child is likely to be in the future. Which also means he may need fewer interventions to be successful at school. It can make a huge difference in your child's long term success. It certainly sounds like the Special Education person was hoping you were ignorant and willing to buy her "he's in a good enough placement now" line even though YOU know that the placement is not helping your son progress as he should be doing. The letter you write will depend on where you were in the process when you were told he wasn't eligible. IDEA says that if a parent requests special education evaluation orally, it is the school district's responsibility to help the parent put the request in writing. New to IDEA 2004: if a child attends a private school or preschool located in a school district other than her home–address school district, the parent must write to request evaluation from the school district where the child's current school is located, even though the child will ultimately be served by her home district if she qualifies for services. So you need to be aware of whether the preschool you choose is in your home district or not. If you want more help with this, why don't you post in the Special Education forum? [/QUOTE]
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