OK early intervention program found to b

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OK early intervention program found to b
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Tue, 04-10-2007 - 5:16pm

Oklahoma's board of ed just completed an investigation regarding the early intervention program known as sooner start to be:

NON COMPLIANT IN EVERY AREA!!!

Wow! Now that is amazing. A parent filed a formal complaint specifically regarding autism and services and they investigated the entire program and found everything from funding to services provided to evaluation processes as being totally non-compliant!!!

Finally, progress in OK!! Yeah!

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Tue, 04-10-2007 - 11:27pm

Hi thanks for posting this, but


Oh my!


I'm glad they found and publicized the deficiencies, but I can't help wonder how many kids were impacted, and how many more will be while they get their act together?

-Paula

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Tue, 04-10-2007 - 11:31pm

I've been thrilled with Cherokee co in Ga. They have bent over backwards for Liam and Cian. Even medicaid were fast. Does that help P???

Dee

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Wed, 04-11-2007 - 1:51pm

Since we're making a list of places we'd consider living (based primarily on services) I think I'll do some updating...

Round Rock, Texas...Yes
Chapel Hill, North Carolina...Yes
Cherokee County, Georgia...YES

Oklahoma...NO!!! (boo, hiss)

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Amy

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Wed, 04-11-2007 - 3:52pm

Add Yavippai County AZ to the 'yes' list. Well, most specifically the town of Chino Valley. They have a great ASD Global Intigration Program there. Me mom has been checking into it a lot lately (she lives in CV) because she's thinking of getting involved as a volunteer. It happens that they're looking for adults on the spectrum to get involved and give their two cents. It's a very small town. She was recently contacted by a principle of one of the elementry schools (a woman I went to school with, lol) about maybe coming in and observing a boy who is obsessed with a subject she is a certified expert on. They want to see if there is any way they can use his obsession to help him in other areas.

Don't know if they pass the fed's standards. They'e so induvidualized and unorthodoxed I'd bet not. Remember, it's a VERY small town. When I was growing up there was only one school and it served K-9th grade and had less than 200 students (another 150 were homeschooled). Now they have two elementry schools, a middle school, a high school, and a magnet school and the district student population has risen to 1,300. 12% of the students are on the spectrum (that's about 150 kids). Yes, that's an abnormally large percentage, but I think a lot of them were transfered in from other towns whenthe magnet school opened (which was originally designed to school special needs kids in a more mainstreamed environment while still obtaing the specialized help).

~Candes

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Thu, 04-12-2007 - 9:53pm
No, so far this report hasn't been made public!!! Makes me mad. I am sooooo tired of OK getting away with not helping our kids. I've fought for five years statewide and still to no avail! I sent my official letter today to our district to demand form 9 for services refused to my dd. They approved ABA but didn't approve ABA consultant or ABA training for anyone. So, the US Senate and our state superintendent are reviewing whether or not they meet IDEA. See my IDEA post and tell me what you think everyone!