OT - school system issue

[Guest guest]

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Somehow when I first read this, I missed the summer services connection.

ESY services have to be discussed at your annual review--when did you have it,

or when is it occuring?

I find that administration will not return phone calls/letters when they

either: don't have a requested service and don't want to acknowledge it; don't

know what they will be doing yet; and have no intention of giving you what you

need in any event and hope you will just go away.

Have you tried just going into the sped director's office and meeting with

her--barging in if need be? If she's not around, try seeing if the

superintendent is in. Follow any conversations up with a letter memoralizing

what was

said. If this goes nowhere, I would email again, your sped director, the

superintendent, the state special ed agency, and cc all members of the school

board to let them know you are now involving the local educational agency.

Although in reality the state may do little, it may look alarming to the school

board that parents will involve the state if their own administrators will

not respond.

[Guest guest]

I know this is off topic, but I am not sure where to go and I know one of you

will know.

For a month now I have been trying to get in touch with my son's special ed

coordinator at the board of education. Yesterday morning (8:30 am), I faxed a

letter to her and copied the superintendent of schools. I have not received a

call. All I have wanted to find out are what the options are for my son for

placement this summer in order for me to make arrangements with my employer.

Who can I go to next?

Thanks.

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[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I have had a great deal of experience in the past year

with my daughters " team " this past year that has

taught me that it is very worthwhile to work with a

local autism advocate. They really make sure that THE

CHILD is first and foremost in every decision. There

are many agencies (I live in Kansas) that will provide

free or low cost assistance, and provide you with an

advocate. You might start by doing a search on line

for someone in your area. In the end I chose to home

school, all three of mine. I know many people don't

have that as an option, it is really hard for

us(financially). All three are doing much better now

though.

Also, sending a fax was a good idea. I think, however,

I would send a letter and have them sign for it. I

hate to say it but you may need to document how hard

it has been for you to help your son get what he is

entitled to. A month is plenty of time for a response

from the school. You may just be dealing with some

folks who are getting a little lazy at the end of the

school year. It is very important to

document,document, document, everything. We were even

told by an advocate to tape all of our meetings. it is

a terrible thing, but the truth is you never know when

things might turn ugly. After 6 years it happened to

us. And the whole problem this year, started as an

end- of- school- year problem from last year. It was

awful! My daughter still gets " stuck " on what happened

to this day! We waited way to long to find an

advocate, and it would have taken months of meetings

and trials to straighten it all out. I was always

worried about being a team player, on a team that I

was never a part of. BIG MISTAKE! An advocate would be

a big help to you though, as it will give you some

immediate muscle! Stand firm, and expect the BEST for

your child! You both deserve it, and furthermore they

owe it to you!

--- Selavka <stacylynncollins@...>

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> I know this is off topic, but I am not sure where to

> go and I know one of you will know.

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> For a month now I have been trying to get in touch

> with my son's special ed coordinator at the board of

> education. Yesterday morning (8:30 am), I faxed a

> letter to her and copied the superintendent of

> schools. I have not received a call. All I have

> wanted to find out are what the options are for my

> son for placement this summer in order for me to

> make arrangements with my employer. Who can I go to

> next?

>

> Thanks.

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[Guest guest]

Maybe you can call the office first and make sure they got your fax (while

your at it maybe you could talk to someone). They may not have received it

or are trying to get things worked out. Is she still employed with the

school district?

If that doesn’t work, you can fax them and tell them that if they do not

respond to you by (date) that you will need to contact the state dept of ed.

My son’s district has spec. ed summer school every summer along with the

other districts here. Your school should have that information.

M

[ ] OT - school system issue

I know this is off topic, but I am not sure where to go and I know one of

you will know.

For a month now I have been trying to get in touch with my son's special ed

coordinator at the board of education. Yesterday morning (8:30 am), I faxed

a letter to her and copied the superintendent of schools. I have not

received a call. All I have wanted to find out are what the options are for

my son for placement this summer in order for me to make arrangements with

my employer. Who can I go to next?

Thanks.

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[Guest guest]

Getting an IEP meeting to discuss ESY (extended school year)

services should first be directed to his special education teacher

that works with him, most times she is the one who is responsible

for the bulk of the goals and benchmarks, and responsible for

setting up meetings. Then there would be supervisors above

her..Special Education Supervisor. If you couldn't get ahold of

them. In our county in Knoxville they have a Regional Resource

Center (sort of like the school system police) they are suppose to

make sure that the school is staying compliant. Call the Dept of Ed.

in your county and ask if they have a regional resource center.

Explain it has been a month without an answer back. As for your

rights as a parent of a special needs child..It would be a good idea

to use advocates as a resource. There could be non-for profit dept

of ed. funded parents group in your town. Ours here is called STEP

(support and training for exceptional parents) Here is the http just

so you could see what I mean and find something similar in your area.

www.tnstep.org Groups like this are a godsend.

C.F.

> I know this is off topic, but I am not sure where to go and I know

one of you will know.

>

> For a month now I have been trying to get in touch with my son's

special ed coordinator at the board of education. Yesterday morning

(8:30 am), I faxed a letter to her and copied the superintendent of

schools. I have not received a call. All I have wanted to find out

are what the options are for my son for placement this summer in

order for me to make arrangements with my employer. Who can I go to

next?

>

> Thanks.

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>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

When was your last IEP? Was this not discussed and added to it at that time?

If you don't get a reply from the fax, I would next send a certified e-mail,

return receipt to both of them giving them x amount of days to respond. Does

your son get any ESY usually, and if so, when is it usually discussed? My son

goes to inclusion camp for ESY for 9 weeks, and school pays for 6 weeks of this.

a - Peoria IL

-- Selavka <stacylynncollins@...> wrote:

I know this is off topic, but I am not sure where to go and I know one of you

will know.

For a month now I have been trying to get in touch with my son's special ed

coordinator at the board of education. Yesterday morning (8:30 am), I faxed a

letter to her and copied the superintendent of schools. I have not received a

call. All I have wanted to find out are what the options are for my son for

placement this summer in order for me to make arrangements with my employer.

Who can I go to next?

Thanks.

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[Guest guest]

The school system's attorney. If you kept a log of your calls, you

might want to write it down and send it to that attorney.

--

Rima Regas

Mom to Leah, age 7 (AS, DSI and APD)

http://www.sensoryintegrationhelp.com

On 5/24/05, Selavka <stacylynncollins@...> wrote:

> I know this is off topic, but I am not sure where to go and I know one of

> you will know.

>

> For a month now I have been trying to get in touch with my son's special ed

> coordinator at the board of education. Yesterday morning (8:30 am), I faxed

> a letter to her and copied the superintendent of schools. I have not

> received a call. All I have wanted to find out are what the options are for

> my son for placement this summer in order for me to make arrangements with

> my employer. Who can I go to next?

>

> Thanks.

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[Guest guest]

If it's likely he would regress (lose skills) without summer school he should be

eligible. I would think the teacher would have sent a notice home by now. Does

he have an IEP? When is the next meeting scheduled? Have you tried

communicating directly with his teacher?

S S

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I know this is off topic, but I am not sure where to go and I know one of you

will know.<BR>

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For a month now I have been trying to get in touch with my son's special ed

coordinator at the board of education.  Yesterday morning (8:30 am), I faxed a

letter to her and copied the superintendent of schools.  I have not received a

call.  All I have wanted to find out are what the options are for my son for

placement this summer in order for me to make arrangements with my employer. 

Who can I go to next?<BR>

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Thanks.<BR>

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[Guest guest]

Continue to document all of your efforts, the #, time, date, nature of the

call, details if you left a message etc.. You can call an IEP meeting at

any time. I know when my son was starting kindergarten the school had 60

schools days to respond to my letter and requests.... and it was at the last

week when I had to ask if I needed to file a complaint with the state to get

a response out of them. (VM) Needless to say that the special ed director

contacted me immediately and coordinated the evaluations necessary to get

what we needed for school.

Jackie--------

>I know this is off topic, but I am not sure where to go and I know one of

>you will know.

>

> For a month now I have been trying to get in touch with my son's special

> ed coordinator at the board of education. Yesterday morning (8:30 am), I

> faxed a letter to her and copied the superintendent of schools. I have

> not received a call. All I have wanted to find out are what the options

> are for my son for placement this summer in order for me to make

> arrangements with my employer. Who can I go to next?

>

> Thanks.

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