Chat: Judith

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Judith,

It seems like you have your bases covered for next year.

You've done a great job. It is so scary and overwhelming in the

special educational system - and the No Child Left Behind Act is

making it even harder.

I do have one question. Why are they calling 's class

a " segregated " class? Here it is called a self-contained class.

Segregated sounds so awful!

To answer your question about thinking in advance with Max's IEP and

possible home instruction, it just seemed like a natural thing to

include considering Max's health history. I happen to think that

any child, RSS or not, who is at risk for hospitalizations due to

stomach viruses, hypoglycemia, surgery, etc. should automatically

have that included in the IEP. You don't have to implement it

unless it is needed and it sure speeds up the process when it is

required. Without that part in Max's IEP, the district could have

said no to our request or they would have had to go through revising

Max's IEP and that would take a long time to do.

Just something to think about for those who are going through the

IEP process for the first time or making up new ones for next year.

Better to have it and not use it than to not have it at all.

Jodi Z.