Good News! Services are coming back!
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| Tue, 01-10-2006 - 12:46am |
Good News! My son is getting his services back!
Here's our story (in a nutshell):
October we had an IEP that was a follow-up to one in June. We were to get our son's eligibility catagory changed. Instead the school psych told us our son was no longer eligible and we protested (out loud) but signed the paperwork anyway. We realized the mistake we made. Our son got worse in school and we knew we needed to get back services. Here are the things I did:
Wrote a letter to district revoking our consent on the Oct. IEP
Called our State Department of Education. They informed me that I have the right to revoke my consent and the school district is then responsible for resuming services. They faxed a letter to my district encouraging them to give back services before our issue became a complaint.
Wrote a letter asking for services to be resumed.
Wrote a letter asking for an IEE.
They called to tell us they will resume services and give me a list of independent evaluators so I can get an IEE.
OT (1x week) is scheduled to be back tomorrow and Speech (2x week) is supposed to start this week too.
Just wanted to share my good news with you!
Paula G. and Joel (10 yo, ADHD, probable Aspergers and Anxiety)

Dear Paula,
Congrats! that's great that they are moving on reinstating services right away and that you moved so quickly once it was clear that he was not doing well. Just proves yet again, ya gotta stay on your toes with these school districts every single second!!!
yours,
Sara
ilovemalcolm
Paula,
WTG!! I'm glad you got Joel's services back!!! This is definitely good news, especially for Joel. Hope things get better for him at school. Having speech and OT will make a world of difference.
michelle