Guest guest Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 Colleen, I think what you are doing is exactly right. I had a similar experience with my previous district, but they didn't fight me too much because they knew I knew my rights (we fought over big stuff) If an aide is needed during the regular school year, then one is just as necessary during the summer. I personally would not sign the IEP until they can come up with a solution. -- In , " Colleen " <Tripletmom@...> wrote: > > Sorry to be bombarding all of you will questions, but I had another > situation come up this morning. My son has a 1:1 aide in his > preschool class. There is also 1 1/2 classroom aides in his class > of eight students. Last summer, the district started a summer > program 2x a week for 6 weeks. My son only went to the program the > last 3 days because I refused to send him without a 1:1 aide. It is > my position that the summer program was made up of the neediest 8 > children in the entire preschool program. If he needs a 1:1 aide in > the regular school year when the 8 children in his class have a > variety of skill levels, he clearly would need a 1:1 aide in the > summer. My other fear was that if I gave in and sent him to the > summer program without an aide, the district would say that he was > fine in the summer and didn't need one during the regular school > year. > > This year they are having the same program. I wanted to make sure I > didn't spend this summer trying to negotiate summer services again, > so I left a message yesterday with the school psych. Today, I was > told that there would be one classroom aide for the summer and that > they would not provide a 1:1 aide for my son. So, essentially they > are pulling the neediest 8 children from a pool of 40 and putting > one teacher and one classroom aide in the class. I will contact the > special ed director and begin the battle, but I wanted to know if > other parents have had similar issues with their district. I guess > I feel like every time I turn around I'm picking another fight. > > Thanks, > Colleen > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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