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[Guest guest]

First on the topic of tinnitis...can we have a poll to ask those affected by

tinnitis if they are also bothered by migraines. Last week one of my doctors

said my tinnitis, he feels, is a migraine affecting my auditory nerve just as my

" regular " migraines affect my optic nerve.

Second, , you should really ask your sister to poll her knowledgeable

colleagues about this severely handicapped child. Granted he may be profoundly

retarded (we certainly can't say he isn't) but can they reach him at all? I

doubt it! It is more of an...he is retarded so why bother giving him sound

issue...they DO NOT know what this child might respond to, IF he could receive

sound input.

Okay off soapbox but none of us knew totally what sounds to expect and even if

lullabies could soothe him I think it would be worth it...barring physical

conditions that made surgery too risky.

Debra

[Guest guest]

Lee,

While you can't test the student, there is the SIT (student

inervention)team process that is, thanks to No Child Left Behind,

mandatory in all states now I believe. You do not need parental

approval to begin the SIT team process of observation and informal

evaluation. The parents need to be made aware of the problem being

looked at by the team, and that the team is meeting to discuss the

student. The team decides upon intervention strategies, implements

them, documents how the student was doing before and after

intervention, and then can refer the student to special education if

the interventions do not result in improvement. Once this is done,

if the parents refuse permission to evaluate for special education,

the district, thanks to the SIT team process, has documentation that

they can take to due process to request that the court intervene to

allow identification, and, if appropriate, placement into special

education. It's a long, drawn out process. No student can be

placed into special education now without going through the SIT team

process for referral unless they're identified at a birth-three

screening. The SIT team process shows that there is an academic

need for special education services, which is the ONLY reason they

can be offered. At least this is my understanding.

Beth

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> In a message dated 1/1/2005 9:30:00 AM Pacific Standard Time,

> beth_brittney@h... writes:

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> you can't test the student to even see if the

> student qualifies for special education services without giving

the

> parents prior written notice and gaining their approval in

writing.

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> that's exactly the point,,,,

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> Lee

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