Re: IEP Meetings

[Guest guest]

Oooh, Aggy that's great to know.

Glad you posted it!

Sandi

In a message dated 12/1/2009 1:48:23 P.M. Central Standard Time,

xceptionalrec@... writes:

I also had trouble with meetings for many years. Our public school tried

to overt supplying any therapies Katy needed as well as settings. Finally, I

had an advocate explain to me the small detail of Prior Notification and

it changed my life and power in these meetings to where I could get whatever

Katy needed just by asking for Prior Written Notice. Though, it is not

properly explained in your booklet of IDEA, what it really means is that if

you make a request and the school gives you an excuse, you can demand in

writing that they provide you with Prior Written Notice of why they refuse to

meet your child's needs. Trust me, they will concede to any demand before

they will put their lame excuses in writing. I did not learn about this legal

option until Katy was 15 but it helped me have her securely placed in a

private school for Autistic children (at the public schools expense) for her

high school years and completely altered her anxiety over attending

school.

~~~Aggy

Mother of 22 yr old Katy

Diagnosed with PDD(nos)

Grandmother to Katy's daughter

Isabella Gail

[Guest guest]

I am currently preparing for yet another IEP meeting.  It is, by definition,

yet another drain on my energy.

 

The school will tell me they offer better specialized education for my daughter,

who is brilliant, but explosive.  At seven she could do linear equations with

muliple variables, but attack an old lady in the grocery store because whe was

too close.

 

The bottom line here is simple.  Schools are running short of money because of

the recession.  They want these children back in their own schools.

I'm sorry, but your budget for next year means nothing to me.  If you want to

save money 10 years down the road, give my daughter and every other ASD child 

the treatment they need.

 

You are right, prior notification is important, but it is equally important to

insist that each of our children is given the type of education they need. 

Contrary to current belief, no child raises themself.  They are not

economically convienient.

 

Subject: Re: IEP Meetings

To: Autism_in_Girls_and_Women

Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 1:43 PM

 

Oooh, Aggy that's great to know.

Glad you posted it!

Sandi

In a message dated 12/1/2009 1:48:23 P.M. Central Standard Time,

xceptionalrec@ yahoo.com writes:

I also had trouble with meetings for many years. Our public school tried

to overt supplying any therapies Katy needed as well as settings. Finally, I

had an advocate explain to me the small detail of Prior Notification and

it changed my life and power in these meetings to where I could get whatever

Katy needed just by asking for Prior Written Notice. Though, it is not

properly explained in your booklet of IDEA, what it really means is that if

you make a request and the school gives you an excuse, you can demand in

writing that they provide you with Prior Written Notice of why they refuse to

meet your child's needs. Trust me, they will concede to any demand before

they will put their lame excuses in writing. I did not learn about this legal

option until Katy was 15 but it helped me have her securely placed in a

private school for Autistic children (at the public schools expense) for her

high school years and completely altered her anxiety over attending

school.

~~~Aggy

Mother of 22 yr old Katy

Diagnosed with PDD(nos)

Grandmother to Katy's daughter

Isabella Gail