occupational therapy need answer asap

[Guest guest]

My child attends a charter school in Euclid. They want to place him

out of district because they are not able to meet his

emotional/social/educational needs. The school that I looked at with

our school psychologist is PEP - Eastwood Center in S. Euclid. I feel

this would be the right placement for him. The only thing PEP cannot

offer my son is OT. OT is written into his IEP and he does need it.

Now the school psychologist is saying that because PEP does not offer

OT the company that owns the charter school will not pay for him to

attend PEP. This does not make much sense. If OT is written into a

child's IEP shouldn't the school pay for it also? The school is saying

that it would be too much money for OT. What are my rights. If they

give him OT now and want him out of the school shouldn't they still be

responsible for paying for OT? Other students at this school have been

placed in PEP so I know that it is paid for by the charter school.

Thanks. Gerri

[Guest guest]

PEP?!?!?!? Is that an extension of PEP Cleveland?!?!? As in "Positive Education Program?" Is this their website: http://www.pepcleve.org/index.html?

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From: melefamily5@...

Sent: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 6:19 PM

Subject: [ ] occupational therapy need answer asap

My child attends a charter school in Euclid. They want to place him

out of district because they are not able to meet his

emotional/social/educational needs. The school that I looked at with

our school psychologist is PEP - Eastwood Center in S. Euclid. I feel

this would be the right placement for him. The only thing PEP cannot

offer my son is OT. OT is written into his IEP and he does need it.

Now the school psychologist is saying that because PEP does not offer

OT the company that owns the charter school will not pay for him to

attend PEP. This does not make much sense. If OT is written into a

child's IEP shouldn't the school pay for it also? The school is saying

that it would be too much money for OT. What are my rights. If they

give him OT now and want him out of the school shouldn't they still be

responsible for paying for OT? Other students at this school have been

placed in PEP so I know that it is paid for by the charter school.

Thanks. Gerri

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