Well I tell ya. If I wasn’t so angry I would just give up. Here’s a good one….. I called the school psch who had tested my 5 year old son 3 times last week and left messages on her voice mail asking for a copy of all test results that were done by Friday of last week for a meeting scheduled with the IEP team for 8 ‘clock this morning. I never heard from her. Ughh!! Yesterday I called his reg. ed teacher and told her that I hadn’t gotten the test results I had asked for and wanted to reschedule the IEP meeting for after I had a chance to go over them. I believe her comment was something like ” well the psche’s job is to explain the tests to me” Ughh!!! I also recieve a vm from the psche who says she hasn’t scored everything so I can’t get anything before the meeting, but she will “explain” everything. His teacher also said she would try and reach the psych and someone would get back to me. No one did. Ughh!!! At 7:30 this morning the psche leaves a message on my voicemail saying they are having the meeting anyway even though I needed it rescheduled. Of course I didn’t get the message till 8:30 Ugh!! They pull him out of special Ed, take away his speech therapy and when I call at 8:30 they say they don’t need my signature for anything and They wanted to finish before school let out for the summer so decided not to reschedule. Ughhhh!!!!!!
Anyhow……interestingly enough all his test results are available for me to pick up in the office at 1 pm today.
Ugh!!!! I am sorry for taking up space to rant but I needed someone who understood to hear just how crazy this makes me. My head hurts from banging it against the school distrticts wall and it is times like this that I think they will win. So I wonder which it will be IEE or Due Process. Even that yanks my chain cause it’s their call…..Ugh!!! Thanks for listening (o:
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Socks, I will check out the site thanks. Didn’t know about the letter and it gives me warm fuzzy feelings but did know that they couldn’t just oust me. I was just sooooo angry yesterday.This is my wonderful, sweet little boy who just happens tp need a little help to grow into a confident, happy young man and all they can think about is how much they DON’T want to deal with him. Now I am not new to this concept as you know, it’s just….ughh!!! Well you get my drift. Thanks for the letter I will convey it this morning (0:
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This sounds very familiar. I live in England and it has nearly taken me 2 months to get a meeting with the SENCO teacher (Special Educational Teacher). I have a 9 year old with dyslexia and dyscalculia she gets help at school with literacy only and no maths whatsoever. The Special Needs Support Teacher came and assessed Amy on 25.04.01 which was April!!! it is now June and we have a meeting……… No doubt we will get no help with Maths again!!! and Yet again Amy will be in Year 5 in September…… We haven’t broken up until July 25th so we have a couple of weeks yet to get the school reports coming through - hopefully we will have another parents evening with her teacher as well!! Lo behold there will be some trouble if we get no help with math…..
Janis
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Tink,
I am a Special Education grad. student and I know from my classes that they can not do this. If you request a change in meeting times (and for a good reason), the school must reschedule the meeting. Check the ldonline.web site.
It is reviewing the whole IEP process. Also look at your parent rights as outlined under IDEA ‘97. You can challenge all of this. It is your right as a parent. Good luck! Don’t get angry. Get educated as to your rights under the Special Education laws.
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Dear ugghhhhhh,
It sounds like these professionals are not doing their jobs. Both you and your son have rights and they cannot just take him out of services without your signature. It is a requirement for you to sign the IEP and to be at the meeting. They should work with your schedule and realize that it is your right to know what is going on with your son’s test scores. Try to read up on IDEA 97. All of your rights that have been violated are there. I know situations like this are stressful but just keep your rights in mind and follow through. They cannot do this to your son without going through the proper procedures, which definitely includes your signature.
Tara
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Hi Tink,
I’m in agreement with all the other comments, but especially the part about changing any part of his services. They must STILL obtain your signature before the new IEP can go into effect, and since they did not even bother to have you at the meeting, as they are supposed to, you are in a perfect position to take them to Due Process, if you want to. You can ask for a mediation hearing first, those have to be scheduled within 2 weeks, lay out your case, and if you don’t get satisfaction then ask for a Due Process hearing, which will take awhile longer (45 days, usually). In the meantime, though, anything that you are protesting or disagreeing with cannot begin until this is resolved, that is called the “Stay Put” provision, in other words, they can’t stop the Speech services, if you don’t agree to it in writing. Just make sure you carefully DOCUMENT all of your concerns on the IEP, exactly what you disagree with, how you weren’t given prior notice of the test results and if you disagree with anything in it, etc. You can disagree with testing, placement, services (or lack thereof), lack of timely notice, etc.
There is no reason why you can’t request BOTH an IEE and a Due Process hearing, and it is up to you, not them!
Good luck and feel free to write if you want more input!
Sharon
((((( Tink))))) they are hanking your chain. They can not change his placement without prior written notice. This means they can not take away speech or Special ed services, without first sending you a notice of the impending IEP,and that they are planning to take these services away!!! PLEASE check out my website. I have a link about Parental Safeguard laws.
http://specialedmom.homestead.com/index.html
Dear whoever would be the head of special ed services for the district,
My child so and so at so and so elementary school,is an ESE child with an IEP,therefore a child under the protection of IDEA,and section 504 laws. My child so and so was evaluated by the school psychologist prior to a scheduled IEP meeting. As you probably already know,to be an involved participent to the IEP process,I would need and requested a copy of the evaluation results,prior to the IEP meeting. Never recieiving a response,I requested that the IEP meeting be rescheduled,until I could not only review the results,but be given prior written notice of any possibly changes in placement or services. Not only did I not recieve prior written notice,nor the eval report,I was also refused my request to reschedule the IEP meeting. The school continued on with the IEP meeting,actually changing placement and services,without any thought to my parental safeguards.
I am now asking that you intervene and correct this violation of IDEA and Section 504 laws. I am assuming that being the director of Sepcail Education Services,that requesting this ,would be exhausting all possible administrative remedies.
I will assume by not responding you are claiming indifference to the discriminatrion that is occuring,against my son so and so.
In Kind Regards,
Tinker Bell.
this is what is known as a Gebser letter. This is notifying the ultimately responsible Person of discrimination,and holding them responsible to act on it.
It is well known,and can be used to seek monetary damages for this person knowingly allowing discrimination to continue. It should let the school know,NOT.