504 help---questions--Joid??? KEN--now I know what you went through:)!

[Guest guest]

1. Does anyone remember the month of all the 504 posts so that I can

go back and read them?????

2. Some general questions for our meeting on Wednesday.

How is your child " labeled " ?? Are they labled as a chiold with a

chornic health impairment /dwarfism/RSS first and the other areas

(speech, OT, PT) as secondary? What is important to get in the IEP

re this. Connor only " qualified " on the PT and speech, but I think

they are missing the boat on the RSS/medical potential. Here I am a

teacher who sits in on all of these meetings, but when you wear the

other hat, boy you become ignorant.

Is your child 504 or IDEA or BOTH?

If I live in one state (NY) and Connor qualifies, and my insurance is

in another state(CT) can I use my own money/insurance to place him in

a private program, or one covered by my own insurance in CT??? Since

he is in CT with me during the school day (at babysitter), it would

be impossible for him to get some services at home---my preference is

to address his speech first which is the most needy area, at home

with a ST, and to pay to put him in the PRE-K in my own school in CT,

which I will pay for, for the OT, PT, etc. Seems like the NY school

shoudl love this as it woudl save them big bucks?!?!?!??!?!?

HELP Kim

[Guest guest]

Kim,

I don't remember when all of the posts were about the 504. Sorry.

I can, however, tell you about how we had Max evaluated and what he fit

under. At the time, there were only a few choices. There was no otherwise

health impaired label. Max was listed under Perceptually Impaired. He has

an IEP and everything. I guess that is what you are referring to as IDEA.

Now Max is classified as Communication Handicapped. He scores very low in

areas of speech and auditory processing - bigger issues than his RSS medical

needs. He still has an IEP and I have made sure that his extra snacks, etc.

are included in it. This point is kind of moot, however, because he is at

the school where I teach and it is a school for kids with learning

difficulties. Everyone, or almost everyone, has an IEP and we tend to

structure our classes so that everyone's needs are met.

Now, for the therapies...if you are planning on having your own insurance

company cover the expenses of the therapies, then it does not matter what

state you are in. My husband's insurance is out of MI because that is where

his company is based. They cover everything for us here in NJ. It does not

matter where our doctors are, either.

The part about schooling is moot, too, if you are going to pay for it.

According to law, the district in which your child is going to school is the

district that is responsible for providing the needed services. That may

include speech, PT, etc. if they think it is necessary. All you have to do

is have your school notify the local school district or the county division

of special ed, depending on which one they use, and they will take care of

the evals, etc.

I hope I have helped somewhat. If you have more questions, just let me

know.

Jodi

>From: kimchir@...

>Reply-To: RSS-Support

>To: RSS-Support

>Subject: 504 help---questions--Joid??? KEN--now I know what

>you went through:)!

>Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 12:31:51 -0000

>

>1. Does anyone remember the month of all the 504 posts so that I can

>go back and read them?????

>

>

>

>2. Some general questions for our meeting on Wednesday.

>

>

>How is your child " labeled " ?? Are they labled as a chiold with a

>chornic health impairment /dwarfism/RSS first and the other areas

>(speech, OT, PT) as secondary? What is important to get in the IEP

>re this. Connor only " qualified " on the PT and speech, but I think

>they are missing the boat on the RSS/medical potential. Here I am a

>teacher who sits in on all of these meetings, but when you wear the

>other hat, boy you become ignorant.

>

>Is your child 504 or IDEA or BOTH?

>

>If I live in one state (NY) and Connor qualifies, and my insurance is

>in another state(CT) can I use my own money/insurance to place him in

>a private program, or one covered by my own insurance in CT??? Since

>he is in CT with me during the school day (at babysitter), it would

>be impossible for him to get some services at home---my preference is

>to address his speech first which is the most needy area, at home

>with a ST, and to pay to put him in the PRE-K in my own school in CT,

>which I will pay for, for the OT, PT, etc. Seems like the NY school

>shoudl love this as it woudl save them big bucks?!?!?!??!?!?

>

>

>HELP Kim

>

>

>

>

>

>