Re: Reply: Advocate or Attorney?- Depends on the case....

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Can you give me the name of the private evaluator you used or any others that

would be of help. As I have read, all of our children including Evan seem to

progress more rapidly if they have a home program as well as private/public

school during the day. I do not want this progress to stop! My argument to

the school system is that they do not have the appropriate class/classroom

for Evan therefore we must keep him in the private day care with an ABA

shadow/aide, (which is also appropriate and wonderful idea). If they did

have an appropriate classroom though, I would not need to pay for day care

and that money would be used, of course, for home ABA and other therapies

(approximately $550.00 a month). Therefore, I believe they should pay for

the home therapies as well as it is appropriate and in the best interest of

Evan because of the tremendous progress he has made.

Thanks to everyone else for their input!

[Guest guest]

Debby,

If your son is over three, I don't think you need to be paying over

$500/month for daycare just because there is no appropriate school

placement. It is up to the district to find proper placement or pay for

another alternative. I don't know your son's diagnosis, but for PDD/Autism

I'm pretty sure it's standard practice for kids to get a full day of public

education. That amounts to 5 1/2 to 6 hours at least.

I met a mom in the Palisasde mall several weeks ago who lives in Stony Point

NY. She told me that her son goes to Prime Time day care and gets ABA there

, all paid for by the school district. By chance the following week I ran

into the owner of Prime Time at the Woodcliff Lake town hall. We started

talking and he told me that his wife has many years experience in working

with typical and disabled children and that their centers are very

accomodating to children with disabilities. Her name is Ricci Wasserman and

her phone # is . He said she is happy to talk to parents

without pressure to enroll at their center.

Please do not take this as an endorsement of Prime Time. I have no personal

experience with them and their program. I do not know anyone else who has

sent a child there. But some day care programs are set up like preschools

and this may be another option to present to your child study team if

proper supports are in place. Although this other mom is from a different

state, it is good to know that other school districts are working with

parents and are willing to be flexible and creative.

Kathy

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>Can you give me the name of the private evaluator you used or any others

that

>would be of help. As I have read, all of our children including Evan seem

to

>progress more rapidly if they have a home program as well as private/public

>school during the day. I do not want this progress to stop! My argument

to

>the school system is that they do not have the appropriate class/classroom

>for Evan therefore we must keep him in the private day care with an ABA

>shadow/aide, (which is also appropriate and wonderful idea). If they did

>have an appropriate classroom though, I would not need to pay for day care

>and that money would be used, of course, for home ABA and other therapies

>(approximately $550.00 a month). Therefore, I believe they should pay for

>the home therapies as well as it is appropriate and in the best interest of

>Evan because of the tremendous progress he has made.

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>Thanks to everyone else for their input!

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