Re: need advice on broward school

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You need to call an IEP meeting asap. Make an app't with the ESC coordinator to discuss an evaluation process and then an IEP meeting. If the school gives you an issue about this, call your Area District Manager. Your daughter is entitled to FAPE - Free and Appropriate Public Education. She should be eligible for a VE classroom.

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Well, that is just against the law,

Call , she is an advocate-you need someone to help you so they will stop harassing you.

By the way, you do not have to agree to the meeting if it is not acceptable to you.

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good luck mommy

From: sList [mailto:sList ] On Behalf Of LuSent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 2:53 PMTo: sList Subject: Re: need advice on broward school

I completely agree that a general ed class is a good thing, the problem was they were telling me that she was not going to get any additional help. Which I know would be impossible for her to function without it. Luckily since my last post I got a call from both the ESE specialist and the Principal saying that they are pushing up the IEP meeting to be in the first week of school.

From: Blanco, Sherry

Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 10:23 AM

To: sList

Subject: RE: need advice on broward school

Listen,

None of our kids "fit" in a gen ed classroom.

That is why an IEP will be developed to your childs disability and her needs.

Why segregate her by putting her in a self contained classroom?

The her classmates will help her with her goals-you would be surprised of what a good support system they provide.

And the second point, is, that this demonstrates to the typical population of students that people with disabilities should not be segragated from their peers and later in society. She can achieve her goals just the same in a gen ed classroom with supports and services.

There are all kids of augmentative communication devices that can be provided through an assistive technology evaluation with ATEN.

I am a person who believes in inclusion, and to quote a phrase, "ALL MEANS ALL".

Thanks for your time.

From: sList [mailto:sList ] On Behalf Of luanne_marekSent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 5:47 PMTo: sList Subject: need advice on broward school

My daughter does not have autism but has Cerebral Palsy. She has been in private schools for the past 4 years none of which were a great experiance. So after 4 years of not finding the right private school, I decided to try public again. I used the public school option on the Mckay to send her to a different public school so that she would be in a school that a close friend has her daughters at and so that she could be sent to that friends house for aftercare and tutoring which she is in great need of. After hearing back and forth wether she was going to be accepted becuase she does not have a current IEP (becuase she has been in private school for 4 years)they finally gave me a final answer last week that yes she is accepted into the new public school. I have been trying to get an answer out of anyone as to what type of class she would be placed in. Finally today I got a hold of the ESE specialist that works at the school and she said, once again, because she does not have a current IEP they can only put her in a gen ed class until they go through the lengthy process of doing an IEP. She did not say how long just that it took a while. I explained that my daughter cannot read or do any math,can barely write, and has to be reminded constantly to stay on task so how will she fit into a 4th grade class. And she said that she had no other options, because they only have an autism cluster, and that I was the one who chose the school. I know that my daughter will not fit in a gen ed class, at least not for the full day. I chose the school because I had heard good things about their ESE and especially because my friend is a great support system that is going to be very beneficial to my daughter. Now I dont know what to do. School starts monday and they are planning on sticking her in a gen ed class with 22 other kids. I am so frustrated, What do I do?PS sorry so long______________________________________________________________________This email has been scanned by the Broward Health Email Security System.______________________________________________________________________- ----------------------------------------------Broward Health