Guest guest Posted October 23, 1999 Report Share Posted October 23, 1999 In a message dated 10/23/99 10:12:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time, gprogers@... writes: << Gabe is finally going to get the help he needs. It's about time too. He starts middle school next year. >> Glad to hear it!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 23, 1999 Report Share Posted October 23, 1999 In a message dated 10/23/1999 8:21:05 PM Pacific Daylight Time, semesky@... writes: << Terry, You need to call me about this situation. I'm not that far away and maybe I can help! If there's anyway to do it, we can figure it out! I've already taken on three County's and Baltimore City and gotten what the kids need so far.... >> Hi , Well right now its ok because she is able to compensate and I did have a few things setup. But I cant get consultant services with the teacher of the deaf and I cant get lipreading or auditory training. Right now they are not imperative but if she loses any more it will be. I did get preferential seating, written directions for any assignment/test, closed captioning, repeating of instructions as necessary, never using the vernacular, " Did you hear me " to her specifically as she would just die! So basically the school gave me everything they can at their disposal. They just cant give me the itinerant (teacher of the deaf )services or the speech therapy services as that requires another dept's authorization. They of course will only authorize those services with an IEP. I may be more apt to contact you regarding my deaf son who they did turn down for speech and am having numerous problems since putting him in public school. They are all different problems than he had before Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 23, 1999 Report Share Posted October 23, 1999 I had to write and give an update on what is happening with Gabe and me getting him an IEP. I had a meeting last Thursday for which I invited the director of special Ed for the district. This was to our 504 meeting. She ended up advocating for me, saying the system has failed my son. (Yes, I have all of this on tape.) We are redoing the special Ed testing so he can get an IEP. That is a formality at this point because the team agreed he needs an IEP but the testing is over a year old. The SLP has been ordered to start Earobics with Gabe, we are getting the classroom soundfield for him. He is finally going to get the remediation for CAPD that I have been asking for. We are exploring the logistics of doing FastForward with Donna Morere, long distance, and I am just so excited. This whole mess started two and a half years ago. The special Ed teacher messed up the timelines and testing. I started writing letters. The principal and asst.. principal were so busy trying to cover everything up and prove I was wrong they forgot about the kid. This year there has been a huge shakeup. In this school over a third of the teachers are new, we have new office staff, and new administration. Now everyone is horrified that this kid hasn't had an IEP for this many years and we are on the fast track. I was even allowed to pick the private provider I wanted to do the CAPD testing. Gabe is finally going to get the help he needs. It's about time too. He starts middle school next year. Barb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 23, 1999 Report Share Posted October 23, 1999 Barb, I'm sooooo excited! Donna Morere will be able to work wonders with Gabe! I'm sooo happy you contacted her! You'll be able to do it long-distance with no problem and if there's ever a glitch, you'll be able to travel to her for a Saturday visit to straighten it out! Once you see the program, you might even give it a shot for Petya. I am SOOOO happy for you!!! Now, get yourself a good attorney and battle for their custody. It doesn't matter what kind of a jerk he is, it's the quality of the attorney that counts! You'll succeed in all of this! You're a winner! Hugs of congratulations (while I'm jumping up and down trying to type) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 23, 1999 Report Share Posted October 23, 1999 Terry, You need to call me about this situation. I'm not that far away and maybe I can help! If there's anyway to do it, we can figure it out! I've already taken on three County's and Baltimore City and gotten what the kids need so far.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 23, 1999 Report Share Posted October 23, 1999 I am so glad to hear this Barb, Gabe is lucky to have you for his mom, you never gave up!!!! You needed a good thing right now, glad you got it!! RoseAnn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 24, 1999 Report Share Posted October 24, 1999 >Hi , >Well right now its ok because she is able to compensate and I did have a few >things setup. But I cant get consultant services with the teacher of the >deaf and I cant get lipreading or auditory training. Right now they are not >imperative but if she loses any more it will be. I did get preferential >seating, written directions for any assignment/test, closed captioning, >repeating of instructions as necessary, never using the vernacular, " Did you >hear me " to her specifically as she would just die! >So basically the school gave me everything they can at their disposal. They >just cant give me the itinerant (teacher of the deaf )services or the speech >therapy services as that requires another dept's authorization. They of >course will only authorize those services with an IEP. >I may be more apt to contact you regarding my deaf son who they did turn down >for speech and am having numerous problems since putting him in public >school. They are all different problems than he had before >Terry Terry, Their were two main reasons I had so much trouble getting Gabe the help he needed. First of all he is a good kid. He sits in class, does not talk back to the teacher or cause any trouble. The other reason is that he is on grade level. I have been saying for years that this kid needs to be remedied. He has been getting OT services for years since he was three years old. I am not sure how this school was justifying giving OT to a kid that didn't have an IEP or a 504 but I was not complaining about that because the OT was on my side all the way saying that Gabe needed an IEP. The school's stance was all of the things that were causing him problems were not adversely impacting his education. He cannot sing and do actions to a song at the same time. No one thought this was a big deal even thought I repeatedly pointed out he could not listen and take notes at the same time either. There isn't much of that going on in the elementary years. So we were just going to have to wait for him to fail before the school stepped in with services. The OT has been trying to point out the handwriting issue for two years. This is their own OT. The regular Ed people preferred to believe he was lazy, sloppy, in a hurry, just didn't try, even though their own OT said there were specific OT issues to deal with. If your daughter is getting by with accommodations and compensating with hard work you have work to do on this. Ask for testing through special Ed. Bypass the school and go directly to district. You haven't gotten past the regular Ed people yet. Just because a student is not behind does not mean that they are not entitled to services. You don't know without the testing. Even gifted kids may be entitled to special Ed services. Barb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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