Parents win ABA funding (from slaw)

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I apologize if someone has already posted this. I get the digest and don't

see what's been posted until late at night.

From the slaw website:

Parents Prevail in ABA Case, Costs Could Exceed Hundreds of Thousands of

Dollars

On May 26, 2006, U. S. District Court Judge Payne issued an extensive

pro-child decision in a tuition reimbursement case on behalf of a child with

autism. The judge found that the school system knowingly and repeatedly

failed to provide an appropriate educational program for a young child with

autism.

In awarding tuition reimbursement for a private school that employs

intensive one-on-one ABA therapy to educate children with autism, the judge

slammed the School Board for " inertia: "

" The Court finds that the School Board's conduct in this matter reflects the

inertia to which Congress was referring when it wrote in the IDEA that 'the

implementation of this chapter has been impeded by low expectations, and an

insufficient focus on applying replicable research on proven methods of

teaching and learning for children with disabilities.' " 20 U. S. C. §

1400©(4). Henrico County School Board v. R. T.