RE: IEP...HELP

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Bindu,

I am not a lawyer, I have no legal training, and our situation should not be

compared to yours, so consult a lawyer before making any decisions about

your situation.

In our situation, with my son, when the school district had an IEP meeting

without me and my wife, our lawyer told us, that was a MAJOR violation of

the law. He suggested we try to get evidence from that meeting, some notes

from the meeting, some written decisions from the meeting, something that

showed the meeting took place without us. Also, they failed to notify us in

writing so many days before the meeting and THAT was a violation of the law.

This placed us in a Major position of strength for negotiating what we

wanted for services when we threatened to take them to Due Process.

Here is a link to a good resource explaining how the ARD process should

work:

http://www.tea.state.tx.us/special.ed/ardguide/pdf/e-ardguide.pdf

also here is a good website about Disability rights in general regarding

IEP's and ARD meetings.

http://www.reedmartin.com/

You need to contact someone from an ARC chapter near you. It is a volunteer

org of Advocates that will go to your ARD meeting with you and help you

stand up for your rights for your child. Their website is

http://www.thearc.org/chaptersearch/

Good luck,

J. P. Reirdon

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Message: 4

Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 10:40:04 -0800 (PST)

From: mommy <mom4sid@...>

Subject: IEP...HELP

Dear listmates,

I just had a few questions about the different stages in IEPs. I would

appreciate it if some of you could please share your experiences and

expertise with me.

What is the next stage when the school rejects your proposal?

Is it a hearing stage ( a stage at which we get a lawyer), what happens at

this point and after that.

We could not attend the IEP meeting last week and strangely the school

district says that they had an IEP meeting without us. This means we were

not even presented with an opportunity to explain to them or tell them about

goals for our son.

Has anyone else faced this kind of a situation, if so what would you advice

or what would be the next stage.

Also I would greatly appreciate it if you could please give me some tips

based on your experiences. You could write to me in private at

saiom@....

Thanks in advance,

Bindu