Please Help Me So that I can Help Others

May 21, 2002

I've posted here before about my TN School System threatening me with an

illegal evaluation by an LRP hired gun. In a prior meeting I was told by our

Director of Special Ed. that they were not requesting, did not want or need

my consent for this evaluation and that they were going to do it. LRP hired

gun has done a presentation on " How to Avoid, Avert & Win Due Process

Hearings against Parents doing a Home ABA Program. " I gave them a very legal

sounding letter stating that this was a clear violation and that they could

not do this without legal ramifications.

Today was my IEP meeting and I put their feet to the fire as to where we

stood with this Evaluation of my son and they said that it was moot since we

did not reach an agreement, but finally confessed that her " team " had full

access to my son for evaluation and all of his records under the guise of a

" Full Program Evaluation " . This alone is bad enough, but it gets worse,

because my child is not the only child subjected to this. They made it clear

today, on tape, that they were doing this " for " all of the children in the

County. Other parents have no idea that this is going on and they say that

they can do it because they have contracted with these people and therefore,

what they are doing in legal and that they do not need to inform the other

parents or ask for their consent.

If anyone has anything to offer on this subject please E-mail me ASAP. I

can't sit on this one for long. These children are too precious as we all

know. Your opinions have been of so much value to me in doing our home

VB/ABA program and your opinions are requested now more than ever. I plan to

cross-post so I appologize if you get this in another form of posting. Thank

you for hearing me and for your continued support.

Most Sincerely,

Cyndy Davenport

Parent to 3 1/2 yr old with Autism

Advocate and Parent-Educator to Many in our County

P.S.> It's Sumner County, Tennessee.

P.S.S.> If you received this message outside of the e-list groups, I value

your opinion and would like to know what you think.

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