Re: Re: did you receive a letter from the Broward Country School Board? Plz read

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this line of conversation that the attormey should prove himself on one case FIRST is RIDICULOUS...one case and one plaintiff can be dismissed as with one parent the court may not take notice however, a systematic exclusion of needed services such as ABA carries more credibility with the court..you then reach violation of due process not at the litigation level but long before when we all were struggling, fighting for anything we could get therapuetically. Fred do you have a child with autism and if so how old...I have been fighting for 13 years since diagnosis and until the cheapskates at our school board acknowledge what are kids need,,,OPEN MY SON'S FILE, TAKE A L0OK, WHAT DO I HAVE TO

HIDE.AUTISM IS LONG OUT OF THE CLOSET!!!! .THE LONG BATTLE FOR APPROPRIATE SERVICES SHOULD BE EXPOSED....THEIR IS CREDIBILITY AND STRENGTH IN NUMBERS...Count me in and once more if you can

To: sList Sent: Thu, February 18, 2010 11:51:19 AMSubject: Re: Re: did you receive a letter from the Broward Country School Board? Plz read

OK Fred it sounds like you work for the school district. As a parent, I have no problem sharing anything from my son's records. Looking at those records only amplifies the many ways that the district has dropped the ball.

Re: did you receive a letter from the Broward Country School Board? Plz read

I respectfully disagree with you Fred. I believe that Broward County Schools have been systematically denying ABA and I am happy to have my child's records reviewed by the defense if it will help their case.This has been discussed on this forum before, right after the letters went out. I believe the consensus was in favor of the suite and some even planned to contact the attorneys and make sure their records were reviewed.If you are happy with the free and appropriate education your child is receiving from Broward County Schools I'm happy for you and your child. I think you are in a large minority.Poll you might be interested in:http://health. groups.yahoo. com/group/ sList/ surveys?id= 2907578Steve Moyer>> if you received a letter from the BCSB (Broward County School Board), please do not take it lightly! > > An attorney is suing the school board on behalf of some students with the claim that they have been deprieved of a free and appropriate education and that the BCSB is systematic in its deniel of services to children with ASD. He has been turned down over and over in court and is now working to gain the records of 5000 children (students and old students) in Broward County in order to show this pattern of denial and in the hopes of gaining class certification (always kicks up the attorney's fees). Rather then prove damages to his clients first, he is requesting the court to force the BCSB to produce these records under few stipulations:> > 1) the records will have the names

redacted.> 2) only the attorney, his staff (secretaries and file room clerks included), experts, etc. will have access to these records.> 3) the records will be returned or destroyed after their use.> > Sounds fair? > > First think of the contents of these records: > > They have information on your children. They contain narrative information recorded during meetings, counselling sessions, appeals, everything! They have items included that you didn't request to be put there, they have items that you put there from doctors and other specialists that you never in your wildest dreams would have been shared for anyone for any purpose except for the benefit of your child. They contain data on siblings and parents. Anything you gave the school, it is in there. This record is an entity that can not and should not be produced. It is private! Just covering the names does not protect the privacy of our

children.> > Originally, Defense Counsel sent out a letter with instructions that parents wishing to avoid the disclosure of their childrens' records needed to submit an order called a Motion for Protective Order. Once a few of these were filed and denied, the instructions to the parents changed. The reason for the denials is 1)you have to try to work it out with the other side before filing a motion like this and 2) a parent cannot appear Pro Se on the behalf of their child unless they are an attorney. In other words, you have to hire someone to write your motion and represent your child. That means money out of the pocket of the already financially and emotionally overtaxed purse of the family with a special needs child.> > You would think that a simple letter to the court saying you want the privacy of your child protected would suffice in that capacity. Not quite!> > Now it looks like a new letter is going

to be sent out to parents with instructions to submit complaints about this gross breach of privacy to the school board. It almost seems like parents are being deprived of a right to due process.> > Again, please read the letters. Don't file them for later review, they have deadlines and those deadlines don't give you near enough time to dawdle. > > If you want more information, please email me at fredkutell@. ..> > I am not an attorney, I am a parent.>