Re: Not Biomedical-IEP help

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I thought my district was easy to deal with for 's IEP but that was because they never had a program in district before. I will be obtaining advocacy or legal help but, until I can obtain that, I am trying to become as big an expert on the educational laws as I am on the biomedical world. )

I would appreciate any insight into the following questions:

Should I be allowed to watch the Speech Language teacher in a session with a student if I have a letter from the mom of that student that gives me permission to do so? or should I demand that he work with my child while I observe even if my son is not in that school placement? don't we get to take these people for a test drive or we just have to accept their educational status as gospel? what if the SLP evidenced a severe stuttering disorder and openly admitted that he stutters during a preliminary phone conversation? (you think I'm joking?...) I'm all for tolerating people's disabilities but I think this is stretching it...

Is there any law that says that the child's evaluations may not be attached to the IEP in the "Present Level of Performance" section? I am being told that it is illegal to keep these in, due to confidentiality laws. Are they required to give me that citation for that law if I ask? I'm sure this is a lie. They are just making extra work for me and hoping that I forget to put something in the summary.

What if the case manager claims that there are too many goals in the IEP? There is no way that all of these goals can be acheived in one year, is her claim. I'm sure they are afraid that they might really have to help my kid make progress...

Well, I know that many of us have had these struggles and I'll see you all in Due Process...

Thanks for any law citations that anyone can provide to put these people in their place...

Heidi