Re: Grr - is this really true?

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I'm in Oregon. My son (now 12) was in Montessori for pre & Kinder. His problems

surfaced then. In 1st grade he was in public school and I had him tested by the

school (being tired of the P-doc telling me it was all in my head and kids were

" work " ). While the school agreed that something was wrong with him - he was

working at a level above his peers (came in WAY ahead of them from Montessori),

so they had to determine that his problems " were not interfering with the

learning process " . I literally had to wait until his school work suffered

before they would give him an IEP!!! (Which happened by 4th grade).

>

> OK so I just attended a meeting for our 10yo (going through dx) at

> school. THe school told us that they can not support in any way and are unable

to further access OT services for her.

>

> I asked how that could / would change with a dx and was told that it would

not.

>

> As she is " OK " according to them at school (although she does not socialise

well, and tells us she does all that she can to hold it

> together and not have a meltdown at school) - they say there is nothing

> that they can do.

>

> THere is NO access to funds or additional support in any form.

>

> Is this really true - we live in Aust.

>

> Any helpful advise welcomed!!

>

[Guest guest]

Yep, we also had to wait until school was an issue (behavior for us)

and it started in 4th for us too

On 11/11/10, bbrogoitti <bbrogoitti@...> wrote:

> I'm in Oregon. My son (now 12) was in Montessori for pre & Kinder. His

> problems surfaced then. In 1st grade he was in public school and I had him

> tested by the school (being tired of the P-doc telling me it was all in my

> head and kids were " work " ). While the school agreed that something was

> wrong with him - he was working at a level above his peers (came in WAY

> ahead of them from Montessori), so they had to determine that his problems

> " were not interfering with the learning process " . I literally had to wait

> until his school work suffered before they would give him an IEP!!! (Which

> happened by 4th grade).

>

>

>>

>> OK so I just attended a meeting for our 10yo (going through dx) at

>> school. THe school told us that they can not support in any way and are

>> unable to further access OT services for her.

>>

>> I asked how that could / would change with a dx and was told that it would

>> not.

>>

>> As she is " OK " according to them at school (although she does not

>> socialise well, and tells us she does all that she can to hold it

>> together and not have a meltdown at school) - they say there is nothing

>> that they can do.

>>

>> THere is NO access to funds or additional support in any form.

>>

>> Is this really true - we live in Aust.

>>

>> Any helpful advise welcomed!!

>>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

NO, it's not true. Services should be based on need. They should do a full evaluation in all areas of suspected disability. If they want to discontinue services, they need to do an eval showing she is no longer behind in those areas. And if you don't agree with their evaluation, you have the right to request an IEE (independent education evaluation) at their expense - meaning you can go see someone not connected with the school system to do an evaluation and give an opinion/report.

As for funding: funding or lack of cannot be used as a reason to provide or not provide services that a child needs. The law says the school has to provide a free and appropriate education. Now, surely schools do deny services to save money. But don't let them do it to your child or make it easy for them to do it. Go to www.wrightslaw.com for a lot of great info on dealing with the school and sped law. Once you know the laws, you will be better able to advocate for your kid.

Roxanna

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predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." - Jefferson

( ) Grr - is this really true?

OK so I just attended a meeting for our 10yo (going through dx) at

school. THe school told us that they can not support in any way and are unable to further access OT services for her.

I asked how that could / would change with a dx and was told that it would not.

As she is "OK" according to them at school (although she does not socialise well, and tells us she does all that she can to hold it

together and not have a meltdown at school) - they say there is nothing

that they can do.

THere is NO access to funds or additional support in any form.

Is this really true - we live in Aust.

Any helpful advise welcomed!!