Re: IEP's-eligibility

[Guest guest]

Dear Listmates,

This discussion of IEPS has been so helpful. I reitterate Deb's THANKS to

Celeste for all she provides to the list. Celeste, you really deserve a medal!

I have a question related to eligibility. I was wondering if people might give

their opinions on an eligibility of autism being given to a deaf child when the

tester

is not a signer and the child communicates in sign language? Would such an

eligibility report be considered valid?

Thanks,

Keedy

Portland, OR

[Guest guest]

>This discussion of IEPS has been so helpful. I reitterate Deb's THANKS to

Celeste for all she provides to the list. Celeste, you really deserve a medal!

I " m starting to get embarrassed. Kay already gave me a cyber-medal. I

just want to spare parents the grief I went through on my daughter's

behalf, and do what I can to help the kids get FAPE. To put it in

another perspective, earlier this week, a spedmin was *very* upset with

my vigorous advocacy on behalf of a client. I told him that God made

me fiesty for a reason. And God doesn't have any BAD reasons. LOL!

>

>I have a question related to eligibility. I was wondering if people might give

their opinions on an eligibility of autism being given to a deaf child when the

tester

>is not a signer and the child communicates in sign language? Would such an

eligibility report be considered valid?

Validity is usually left for a court to determine. It certainly is

highly suspect, and as an advocate, I wouldn't accept it.

Unfortunately, I am not a court of competent jurisdiction. 8>P The

most obvious path is to send a letter to the Dir of Sped stating that

you disagree with the evaluation, and request an Independent

Educational Evaluation (IEE) at public expense.

Celeste

Celeste