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I am going to be writing a letter to the school district to dispute a

placement decision fr my 12 yr old son in a day treatment program (90

minutes away) for behaviorally disordered kids (there is violent

behavior there, which shouldn't happen b/c I think a therapeutic

program would not let things escalate like that). At any rate it is

not correct for OCD and severe social anxety and my son's

psychiatrist thinks what we could call PDD thrown in (aspie/autistic

spectrum? Though it does not quite fit).

The placement for which we underwent the IEP, for a small classromm

with non-acting-out type kids (some with OCD) was not offered in the

end, after all the time and evaluations. I suspect b/c they simply

did not have room, it takes only 6 children.

So in looking for alternatives I found a learning center that is soon

to become certified as non-public school and they have a student

very smilar to my son and seem very accepting low-key and

knowledgeable, and work almost one-on-one with their kids, and close

parental involvement is welcomed. I'm going to ask for it as my

son's placment, listing the reasons why the other placement is

innapproriate along with a letter from our psychiatrist to back me

up. Maybe it won't be funded now, but once the facility becomes

certified that might change things (though the learning center does

have IEP placements from other districts-just not from ours which is

regarded as very unaccomodating that way).

So just to update, and asking for good thoughts to back me up!

nanct grace