IEP

[Guest guest]

Hi again Carol: Please drop me a note telling me what state you are in- so I can

check the laws before saying anything.

Thanks,

gstone98@...

[ ] IEP

Hi everyone,

I have noticed recently that many are talking about Iep's and so thought I

would use this place as a source of support. I truly do feel powerless when it

comes to get the right help for my son.

Last year he was mainstreamed in a small (14) kindergarten class that met for

three hours in the afternoons. The iep said, besides his speech services, that

he was to have 2 1/2 hours of OT per week, individually. At the iep meeting it

was agreed to verbally that he would get those hours outside of class since we

had chosen to " hold him back a year " (so he would be oldest and not in the

younger 25% of the class) and I had agreed to do all the extra transportation so

that could happen and not disrupt his mainstream experience. WHEN and WHERE the

therapy was to take place was not written into the iep but the word " individual "

and the words " two and one half hours per week " clearly were. Unfortunately our

tiny rural school district hired an older experienced Occupational Therapist

" from New York, who we are very lucky to have Carol! " who did not feel he

" needed " this amount of therapy and told me on the phone before I met her, when

I called to find out the schedule of when I should bring him in " he is not a

severe case you know and kids like this do not usually get this much therapy " .

Basically, to cut a long story short, as they say, we had meeting after meeting,

trying to compromise and work something out but by the end of the second term

with two more to go and the school just refusing to follow the iep we

complained to the state department of education (we had it in writing and on

tape). When we complained the communication came to an abrupt halt and the

school only gave me a meeting to formulate a new iep for this coming school year

after weeks of me begging for one. The state took three months to respond and

then found in favor of the school, saying that I had " misunderstood " the iep and

saying it was " the school's prerogative to define the word " individual " (for

part of his therapy the school wanted to count a whole classroom activity lead

by the OT). Later I discovered that the school had submitted an earlier draft

iep and had not sent the state the real finalized iep that was signed and da!

ted. I then wrote a letter to the commisioner of the dept. of education

noting this and expressing my anger (standardized testing at the end of the year

found my son is now 17months behind in motor skills.....farther behind than he

has ever been in testing since he was nine months old!!!!!). It will be TWO

MONTHS next week since I wrote to the commisioner with not a single phone call

or letter in response. I have talked to the parent info. center of our state

and showed them the paperwork and they too are in shock and have suggested I

write and ask for a face to face meeting with the commisioner. But I ask you

all......why???? What good will it do my son????? If things are in writing and

on tape and they don't make a difference then why waste more energy??? Do you

see why I wish I was RICH?????? Then I could pay the 20 plus thousand per year

it would cost to get him the therapy that enabled him to stay so close to age

level in the past and pay for all the mileage and time and gas it would take me

to get him there (all services here are at least 30 -45minutes away from our

house). I have applied for the state medicaid insurance for kids to maybe pay

but have not had a response yet. I am so discouraged and at my wits end. The

school keeps telling me " he's fine " and yet this outside agency (university

based) is saying he needs all this therapy and is so behind (which is so plain

to me when I watch him with other kids). I am finding it quite difficult to

maintain a middle ground so to speak: if I think about it at all I get a

headache and can't sleep because I am so angry but if I just block it out and

pretend it isn't there I know I am not doing right by my wonderful boy. It is

SO hard! Carol

[Guest guest]

Carol,

I am so sorry for you!!!!

[Guest guest]

I truly feel for you and can empathize with you. Your school system sounds

as bad as mine. Just today I said the same exact words- " IF only I was

rich! " ---I would pull my son out of that pathetic system who cares nothing

about my son. (I am having a bad day too) I have been through a similar

experience with our Medicaid Waiver system here in Indiana. I have been

trying since March to get my son " in the system " as they say because I know

the waiting lists are like 7 years! After being told by my local agency

that the Medicaid waiver did depend on parental income I went to the next

largest city near me for help. After weeks of leaving messages, I fianally

spoke with an intake coordinator. I filled out several pages of an

application. After 3 months of hearing nothing I called back. They said my

file was probably in Indianapolis being processed and that the intake

coordinator had quit. 2 months later I called back again. This time they

admitted they lost my paper work. A secretary looked all day and found it

on an empty desk. In the meantime I was at a parent advocate training

seminar and spoke with someone from the wiaver office about my problem. I

also told 2 of my friends about the waiver since no one in my area even

knows about the waiver! Since then we have all been put through different

routes. My friend with a daughter with Cerebal Palsy who has Medicaid and

Children's Special Health Care Services already was contacted within 1 week

and immediately put on the waiver waiting list. She already gets everythign

paid for through Children's. Here I am still sitting here having made no

progress since March. I went to my state rep and complained. HE made some

calls which I thought would help. SInce then I have had a few calls and to

keep it as short as possible they are saying he wont qualify anyways with an

apraxia dx. I also told him he is probably autistic and then they said he

probably still wont qualify because he seems pretty high functioning.

I am at a loss. I am wiped out. We pay out of pocket for private therapy.

My son needs behavior therapy so badly but can in no way afford it. I work

2 -12 hour days and do my paperwork very late at night so that we can

provide some of this private therapy on my off days. Basically I am truly

sick of it all.

Another distrubing factor is that an intake coordinator told me that the

gov't does not see much need for funding for the autism waiver because

autism has a poor prognosis. Sad sad statement isnt it????!!!!

My son may be Asperger's and not autism (we are going to U of Mich in 3

weeks) and if that is the case I have been told he cannot even apply for the

autism waiver and that he will not be eligible for any services.

I am so sorry to go on and on. Maybe tomorrow will be a better day.

[ ] IEP

> Hi everyone,

> I have noticed recently that many are talking about Iep's and so thought I

would use this place as a source of support. I truly do feel powerless when

it comes to get the right help for my son.

I am so discouraged and at my

wits end. The school keeps telling me " he's fine " and yet this outside

agency (university based) is saying he needs all this therapy and is so

behind (which is so plain to me when I watch him with other kids). I am

finding it quite difficult to maintain a middle ground so to speak: if I

think about it at all I get a headache and can't sleep because I am so angry

but if I just block it out and pretend it isn't there I know I am not doing

right by my wonderful boy. It is SO hard! Carol

[Guest guest]

How did your friend with the daughter with Cerebral Palsy get

services? My daughter has Cerebral Palsy, and we " didn't qualify

for services when she was 2 " . Now, she is in the school system, but

we are always fighting them.

She didn't qualify when she was 2 because her receptive speech

skills were good. Now, she doesn't qualify for anything because she

is potty trained and can get dressed on her own. Of course, her

speech is horrible, and her left side of her body is weaker than it

should be.

Suzi

> I truly feel for you and can empathize with you. Your school

system sounds

> as bad as mine. Just today I said the same exact words- " IF only I

was

> rich! " ---I would pull my son out of that pathetic system who cares

nothing

> about my son. (I am having a bad day too) I have been through a

similar

> experience with our Medicaid Waiver system here in Indiana. I

have been

> trying since March to get my son " in the system " as they say

because I know

> the waiting lists are like 7 years! After being told by my local

agency

> that the Medicaid waiver did depend on parental income I went to

the next

> largest city near me for help. After weeks of leaving messages, I

fianally

> spoke with an intake coordinator. I filled out several pages of an

> application. After 3 months of hearing nothing I called back.

They said my

> file was probably in Indianapolis being processed and that the

intake

> coordinator had quit. 2 months later I called back again. This

time they

> admitted they lost my paper work. A secretary looked all day and

found it

> on an empty desk. In the meantime I was at a parent advocate

training

> seminar and spoke with someone from the wiaver office about my

problem. I

> also told 2 of my friends about the waiver since no one in my area

even

> knows about the waiver! Since then we have all been put through

different

> routes. My friend with a daughter with Cerebal Palsy who has

Medicaid and

> Children's Special Health Care Services already was contacted

within 1 week

> and immediately put on the waiver waiting list. She already gets

everythign

> paid for through Children's. Here I am still sitting here having

made no

> progress since March. I went to my state rep and complained. HE

made some

> calls which I thought would help. SInce then I have had a few

calls and to

> keep it as short as possible they are saying he wont qualify

anyways with an

> apraxia dx. I also told him he is probably autistic and then they

said he

> probably still wont qualify because he seems pretty high

functioning.

>

> I am at a loss. I am wiped out. We pay out of pocket for

private therapy.

> My son needs behavior therapy so badly but can in no way afford

it. I work

> 2 -12 hour days and do my paperwork very late at night so that we

can

> provide some of this private therapy on my off days. Basically I

am truly

> sick of it all.

>

> Another distrubing factor is that an intake coordinator told me

that the

> gov't does not see much need for funding for the autism waiver

because

> autism has a poor prognosis. Sad sad statement isnt it????!!!!

>

> My son may be Asperger's and not autism (we are going to U of Mich

in 3

> weeks) and if that is the case I have been told he cannot even

apply for the

> autism waiver and that he will not be eligible for any services.

>

> I am so sorry to go on and on. Maybe tomorrow will be a better

day.

>

> [ ] IEP

>

>

> > Hi everyone,

> > I have noticed recently that many are talking about Iep's and so

thought I

> would use this place as a source of support. I truly do feel

powerless when

> it comes to get the right help for my son.

> I am so discouraged and at my

> wits end. The school keeps telling me " he's fine " and yet this

outside

> agency (university based) is saying he needs all this therapy and

is so

> behind (which is so plain to me when I watch him with other

kids). I am

> finding it quite difficult to maintain a middle ground so to

speak: if I

> think about it at all I get a headache and can't sleep because I

am so angry

> but if I just block it out and pretend it isn't there I know I am

not doing

> right by my wonderful boy. It is SO hard! Carol

[Guest guest]

Carol -

Just some general suggestions - Have you checked in your state

whether there is a parent advocate program? A parent advocate may be

able to point you in a direction that will help your son and go on to

help you with dealing with the school system. Another alternative is

to seek the advice of a lawyer trained in school law or special ed

law - from the parent/student side. You can contact your state's bar

association to see if there is a committee within the bar association

for school law and then contact that committe chairperson.

Alternatively, you can contact your local county's bar association

and do the same thing. As a word of warning, before accepting any

legal advice from anyone on any e-mail line (and a good lawyer will

not give specific legal advice over the internet!), you need to know

whether that person is at all familiar with your state's laws.

One other thing to keep in mind is that you are going to be your

son's best advocate - keep pushing, talking, documenting, calmly

arguing, etc. the positions that will benefit your son. The school

is coming from the position that it will only offer placements and

therapies that will educationally benefit your son. If your concerns

are strictly developmental, you may need to resort to your insurance

(or the medicaid equivalent in your state) to pay for additional

therapy.

Good luck to you.

Sherry, , (typical 15-year-old), and (4 and

trying very, very hard)

[Guest guest]

That is a good question because another acquaintenance of mine also has a

son with Cerebal Palsy and they told her he would not qualify for the waiver

since there was no mental impairment. My friend's daughter has no mental

impairment either but they are both unable to walk. That just shows you how

unfair and inconsistent my state is. It really is sad.

Good luck to you

[ ] IEP

> >

> >

> > > Hi everyone,

> > > I have noticed recently that many are talking about Iep's and so

> thought I

> > would use this place as a source of support. I truly do feel

> powerless when

> > it comes to get the right help for my son.

> > I am so discouraged and at my

> > wits end. The school keeps telling me " he's fine " and yet this

> outside

> > agency (university based) is saying he needs all this therapy and

> is so

> > behind (which is so plain to me when I watch him with other

> kids). I am

> > finding it quite difficult to maintain a middle ground so to

> speak: if I

> > think about it at all I get a headache and can't sleep because I

> am so angry

> > but if I just block it out and pretend it isn't there I know I am

> not doing

> > right by my wonderful boy. It is SO hard! Carol

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hello everybody,

I am new to this chat group. My eight year old son, who is in a

2nd grade mainstream class, was just diagnosed with verbal apraxia,

oral-motor dyscoordination, hypernasality, chewing and eating

coordination problems, motor apraxia, and hypotonia of the trunk

part of the body. All of this had been missed in his six years of

speech therapy and special preschool attendance by at least 6 speech

pathologists. This is all because I knew the importance of proper

diagnosis for effective child therapies and so I took him to a

pediatric neurologist(against the advise of his pediatrician) and to

a respected university hospital speech and language center. I then

was so shocked that all the neurological and motor problems I had

discussed with all the specialists was ignored and his severe

apraxia had been ignored and undiagnosed. I talked to a speech

pathologist (who helps parents coordinate speech and special

services with school districts) with the American Speech and

Language Association (ASHA) and she was shocked how they had ignored

all of the national IDEA laws by directly refusing to test and treat

his neurological issues. She was saddened and shocked how they all

could miss such an obvious diagnosis. The prognosis given to my son

by the university speech pathologist is not good unless he

gets " direct, skilled " therapy for his apraxia and other unaddressed

problems such as feeding problems caused by mouth motor (apraxia)

problems. She gave me a website address of

http://www.ideapractices.com for me to read about what a school is

told by law to do regarding his needs. I read it and saw how they

had been braking these laws - especially by telling me that the

speech pathologist only uses the tongue placement technique in

therapy no matter what a child's speech problems are! I called the

school immediately and informed them about the new evaluation and

diagnosis my son had gotten and the prinicipal(a speech pathologist

herself) downplayed the importance of the diagnosis and apraxia

itself and said that only my son's articulation problems will be

addressed at school therapies. I told her how apraxia can cause

reading problems too and his was probably caused by that and so he

needed reading help. She again said that only articulation would

be addressed. So after 2 years of poor, ineffective therapy at his

school I refused special services for him and put him in private

speech and occupational therapy by professionals who recognize the

importance of direct apraxia therapy. I then found out that apraxia

is a neuromuscular problem covered by my insurance!

If a doctor trained in this field is reading this chat group,

can you tell me how to get the speech or occupational therapy to

address the oral-motor chewing problem and if an extreme

hypernasality problem could be a structural problem or adnoid

problem. Any of you parents who have advise or comments for me I'd

love to read them! My son said his first intelligible words at age

4 and everybody(even my friends and family told me not to worry even

though 2 years of speech didn't help much). I knew and was obsessed

all these years to find the reason and right treatment for my son

who wasn't understood by his Kindergarden teacher all year. He even

had an extreme farsighted problem that was undiagnosed until age 5

because he couldn't talk enough for eye screenings(now we know they

can do that on babies even with a special light).

THankyou,

(mother of Josh)

-- In @y..., " kcholt11 " <kcholt11@n...> wrote:

> Sherry,

> thanks for the tip on lawyers....have really not wanted to go this

route and definitely cannot afford to. I mentioned already the

parent advocate system they have here...they are the ones who

suggested as a last resort to ask for a face to face meeting with

the commissioner. I am very concerned about my son educationally

but he has been tested and evaluated since nine months old so the

only way I have to measure for comparison reasons is through that

way. The school refuses to acknowledge that he has any educational

difficulties except maybe " handwriting " and wants to take the " wait

and see " approach...in other words wait until he is really failing

badly enough to effect his self-esteem and then we will try

something to help!!!! sheesh! I have worked so hard to avoid this

all these years because there IS enough knowledge out there on how

to intervene and prevent failure and drop out....but only if you use

the knowledge and appy it!

> If the commissioner cannot get the school to comply then the

parent advocate suggested calling the regional office for civil

rights....do you have to pay for that? has anyone had any

experience with that? thanks again, CArol

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Someone altered an IEP without your signature? Man, I'd get a lawyer but quick

on that one.....

Make your face KNOWN in that school....make sure they KNOW youre on their tail.

I volunteered EVERY CHANCE I could while my two olders were in elementary

school. They knew I knew my stuff...and I'd have them under a magnifying

glass...which, btw, I did.

Jr High and High school are quite different...but I now know the drill. Know

the guidance counselors. CALL and visit the teachers. Do NOT take for granted

that everyone knows that LEGAL DOCUMENT is in place. Tell them you expect it

followed to the letter. Then send them a thank you note for their time during

either your phone call, or meeting, thanking them for allowing you to review

the IEP with them. MAKE A COPY AND KEEP IT....so if someone says " gee, I didn't

know there was an IEP " ...you've got back up.

Trick here is, you have to be VISIBLE....and VERBAL... and many times, not so

nice!

I've worked on quite a few IEPs over the years, aside from my two older

children's. It pays to speak up...and it pays to make sure they KNOW you know

the law.

~Karyn

[ ] IEP

Karyn,

EXCELLENT advice about making sure the IEP is actually happening! This is

what happened to us. They did not follow the IEP in a number of respects.

HOWEVER let me caution people that if YOU DO NOT HAVE A LAWYER or maybe an

advocate (I never had the opportunity to try that since here they cost money)

then there is often no-one to make the school comply. When we complained to the

State DOE it took them SIX MONTHS to make a decision that in fact the school was

not following the iep and by then, since it was the next school year, they

claimed it was a moot point. In my humble opinion, and I have been in this

journey seven years now, there truly is no-one to keep the school accountable to

actually follwoing the iep UNLESS you have money or, as has suggested

before, you are willing to make your child's needs public in the newspaper.

Someone at the school also WROTE in an entire sentence AFTER I signed the IEP,

that in essence changed what I had writ

[Guest guest]

I suggest you get speech as much as you can. We havent had our IEP mtg yet but

I am concerned at how many times a week Sydnie will get speech. She hasnt been

diagnosed with apraxia but it has been mentioned. They cant decide if its the

down syndrome or if there is something more. I say go for it!

~Angie

May God Bless You As He Has Us

www.babiesonline.com/babies/s/sydniebrooke

mom to Sydnie (3, Ds), 3 angels in Heaven

http://www.earningforce.com/go.cgi?sydniesmom5

[ ] IEP

Hi everyone,

I've been mostly lurking for the past few weeks; I

appreciate all I've learned from this list. Now as my

daughter's IEP meeting approaches (July 29th), I have

a few questions.

My daughter will be three in August and she is

dyspraxic according to one doctor and has some play,

social and emotional symptoms consistent with PDD-NOS

according to another. That second doctor sent my

daughter to take the ADOS (an autism diagnostic test)

recently and the results of that test will be

available to us 3 hours AFTER our IEP meeting

(unfortunately). Both doctors agree that she is

hypotonic. The bottom line is that she has, for the

most part, only a single word vocabulary (which is

difficult to understand); she also is delayed in her

gross and fine motor skills and lately she has been

showing cognitive delays when tested. She's been on

ProEFA for about a week and a half; she was on it for

two weeks and then had to go off of it for surgery,

and is now back on it. We have seen an improvement in

her speech and focus in the last week, but do not know

if it is because of her surgery (tubes inserted and

adenoids out) or because of the ProEFA.

[Guest guest]

,

How is your daughter doing, overall and speech wise? How old is she? Did you

speak to her neurologist or developmental pediatrician? What are the

recommendations from her current therapists?

For Mark, I screamed and appealed when they just wanted to give Mark group

therapy. It is good to be in a group but your daughter will benefit more from

individual, one on one therapy. It will focus on her and her particular

weaknesses. Good luck

Selena

[ ] Re: IEP

IEP_guide/links

>

> Finally, the recommendation by our IEP group is that

> my daughter would get speech therapy 4 x a week, OT 2

> x a week and PT once a week (each session is only 20

> minutes). For each the following is specified:

> " Services will be provided in the therapy room when

> the student is learning and reinforcing new skills and

> in the classroom when she is learning to use learned

> skills in natural educational environments. " My

> questions are: is this a reasonable amount of therapy?

> (The speech therapy is barely over an hour a week.)

> Can they/Should they do more? Can I/Should I request

> that some of the speech therapy definately be

> individual sessions out of the classroom?

>

> Sorry for such a long message. It's taken a lot for

> me to get to the point to write this. I appreciate

> any insights you can provide.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Jody,

I'm so glad things went well! You were PREPARED and it paid off!

And I'm happy the school is being supportive; some of us know we

don't always get that lucky!

Keep us updated!

> Hi Everyone,

>

> Today we had our IEP meeting, and everything went great. When I

> received the OT report last week, and she wanted to discontinue

services,

[Guest guest]

Jody,

Congratulations on a job well done!

Liz

jodyw8 wrote:

> Hi Everyone,

>

> Today we had our IEP meeting, and everything went great. When I

> received the OT report last week, and she wanted to discontinue services,

> you all gave me fantastic ideas on what steps to take. I was ready and

> explained why services should be continued, and my issues with the report.

> I did this in a clam manner and everyone understood my concern with it.

> Well, my son will still receive OT support and we are working again on his

> sensory issues. The OT is also going into his classroom each week to

> monitor him. Everything else in the meeting also went really well. My son is

> very lucky with the school that he goes to. I think it helps that the

principle

> use to work with austic children, and she understands my son very well.

> Thanks for all your help.

>

> Jody

>

>

[Guest guest]

<<<<<<Today we had our IEP meeting, and everything went great. >>>>.

wonderful !!

<<<< My son is

very lucky with the school that he goes to. I think it helps that the

principle

use to work with austic children, and she understands my son very well

>>>>>>

most likely

f

[Guest guest]

> Hi Everyone,

>

> Today we had our IEP meeting, and everything went great.

Hi Jody,

The right result happened and everyone worked politely together. It

doesn't get better than that.

[Guest guest]

Yes he is in EI now I was wondering about next summer (I am a

planner) We did refuse his IEP. Waiting to hear from the sped director she

has been on vacation but will be back on Monday and I will be calling her. I

am not sure how much experience the teacher has she wasn't at the meeting she

had a baby recently and was out on leave. Thanks for your reply........anyone

else with any suggestions? M-C

[Guest guest]

hi,

he has teachers coming right? next summer if he got into a program, he gets

school for 6 weeks. if you can its not out of norm for you to ask the sped

director the qualifications of his teacher(if she does not,ask to speak to

principal or directior of school)

your welcome any more questins please ask

chris

mcdalzell@... wrote:

Yes he is in EI now I was wondering about next summer (I am a

planner) We did refuse his IEP. Waiting to hear from the sped director she

has been on vacation but will be back on Monday and I will be calling her. I

am not sure how much experience the teacher has she wasn't at the meeting she

had a baby recently and was out on leave. Thanks for your reply........anyone

else with any suggestions? M-C

[Guest guest]

I will be calling the sped director today as she is returning

from her vacation and asking a lot of questions one of which is when is our

next IEP meeting. I did tape the meeting and listen to it again last

night.........If I do say so my self I sounded pretty good I was quite impressed

with

my speaking ability and getting the important points across to the other team

members. I said at the meeting that I had other goals in mind and they did say

I could call them with them but I should leave that up to the professionals.

I should have just handed them my IEP that I wrote (but really didn't think

it was great but seeing what they sent to me mine was better). and had them all

approve it. It would have saved me a lot of disappointment in the long run.

Oh also on the tape the chair did say this was just a draft of our IEP so

does that mean they were expecting that I wouldn't like some of it? I did have

our Private SLP write two goals for him and she is planning to write a few

more. I am angry that I have to attempt to do a job which they are paid for and

trained to do. Thanks for everyone's reply and support I do feel alone

sometimes. MAC

[Guest guest]

Thanks Faneesha. Lukas has always been a big mystery to us. He is

loving, caring, then cranky and sullen. He seems to need a lot of

repetition. I asked his SP (she is great, we are really happy with

her after almost 2 years.) if he is apraxic, but she said she does

not think so. He started taling early, did things early, then just

seemed to not be able to " put it together. " Semantics, content,

sequencing are big issues along with his sensory issues. He is very

tactile, esp. with my daughter (6 mos.) which is very unnerving. I

don't even know to this day what his diagnosis is...I have thought

that it is SPD info. seeking type but he is not like some of the

symptoms listed. I told the early childhood teacher that I think he

might have SPD and she said, " what is that? Sounds like an OT

thing. " I said, " No, it is a brain thing. Have you read the 'Out

of Synce Child?' " She had the nerve to say that she had read it,

after admitting that she did not know what a sensory processing

disorder was...(She would not be the one teaching my child, thank

goodness). Anyway thank you for your input. I don't think our

district is going to be willing to take us to any schools at this

point, but now I know what I know and others are pooling their

knowledge over this way too, it has been really helpful. Thanks a

lot. Karey

[Guest guest]

I am in the midddle a very difficult IEP. MY schoolis

wanting to remove my son from LRE to a restrictive

enviroment instead of putting the proper supports in

place. I hired a BCBA person to evaluate the room and

she reported no knowledge of ABA reported to her by

the teacher. When I asked for DATA I got Ac cpy of his

daily schedule. no percentage, no infromation.

Desperate paarent

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

What are the reasons the school is wanting to change the placement?

Behaviors? Skill acquisition?

I assume your child has an existing IEP. If so, the teacher is required to

measure progress towards those IEP objectives. At a minimum, the teacher

must have enough data to determine if progress is being made on the

objectives. Unless you specified it in the IEP, there's no requirement that

data be collected every day, but there has to be SOME objective means of

measuring progress. Ask to see that data. Check your child's IEP to see if

it was specified how data would be collected or how often. If the teacher

can't give you that data, I would surmise your child's IEP is not being

implemented.

Geraldine

[ ] IEP

> I am in the midddle a very difficult IEP. MY schoolis

> wanting to remove my son from LRE to a restrictive

> enviroment instead of putting the proper supports in

> place. I hired a BCBA person to evaluate the room and

> she reported no knowledge of ABA reported to her by

> the teacher. When I asked for DATA I got Ac cpy of his

> daily schedule. no percentage, no infromation.

> Desperate paarent

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