Guest guest Posted May 10, 2006 Report Share Posted May 10, 2006 Hi Roxanna, We are in the Columbus area , Reynoldsburg school district. We have a team meeting on the 23rd to write the 504 plan. Meanwhile we got the report from 's evaluation at Columbus Children's Hospital and the psychologist clearly recommends an IEP. We have an advocate who works all over the country and she sees this bunch as being pretty stubborn. He goes to Jr. High in the fall and we are really concerned about that. Blessings, Kathi Message 23 From: " Roxanna " madideas@... Date: Tue May 9, 2006 6:42pm(PDT) Subject: Re: Having trouble in Ohio getting IEP Subject: ( ) Having trouble in Ohio getting IEP Hi, My 13 year old son has been diagnosed with Asperger's. We worked with a misdiagnosis of NLD for 5 years. We have recently moved to Ohio ( a job related move. ) We are having a lot of trouble getting plan for him. The team insists a 504 is sufficient because he is " functional. " We have since been told by advocates and others that Ohio is a very difficult state in which to get services. Has anyone else been having problems in Ohio ? Kathi I am in Ohio, Kathi. Where are you located? Ohio isn't all that bad really. It depends upon what district you find yourself in. Some places are horrid while others are doable. We are lucky to have the " Autism Scholarship Program " as well. There are also some internet programs you can make use of. The TEAM is wrong. There is no law that I know of that states a " functional " child does not receive an IEP. You first need to start asking for documentation for things that get told to you. Just ask nicely to have that in writing for your records. Write follow up letters as well to document what is said and who said it. Sometimes people say things that are close to being true but not true entirely. Second I would ask if they did a complete educational evaluation? They need to do this. Services should be based on needs and testing can help highlight areas of need. Roxanna ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 17, 2006 Report Share Posted May 17, 2006 Subject: Re: ( ) Digest Number 5991 Hi Roxanna, We are in the Columbus area , Reynoldsburg school district. We have a team meeting on the 23rd to write the 504 plan. Meanwhile we got the report from 's evaluation at Columbus Children's Hospital and the psychologist clearly recommends an IEP. We have an advocate who works all over the country and she sees this bunch as being pretty stubborn. He goes to Jr. High in the fall and we are really concerned about that. Blessings, Kathi Hi Kathi! We seem to have a good number of Ohioans on the list. I am in Medina, up next to Akron/Fairlawn area. It sounds like you have been getting your information lined up and that is good! Go in prepared and with plenty of evidence supporting your requests. That can sometimes be half the battle. And remember to get everything in writing - if they turn you down, request prior written notice immediately with an explanation clearly written as to what was considered in making the decision and why they made the decision they made. Some schools come off tough in the hopes the parent will go away so perhaps that will be true for you and they will come around when faced with documentation. Let us know how it goes! Roxanna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 1, 2008 Report Share Posted July 1, 2008 I think those schools for the deaf/hoh that take kids who are hearing and have apraxia are those schools that have set up programs specifically geared towards apraxia. My district is paying for my daughter to attend the deaf school here that has an apraxia program for kids which starts in Kindergarten up to 6th grade. They also serve the same population in their 1 to 3 year old program but that is not funded by the district so that is at parent cost. These teachers who use total communication sign language are educated in and trained to address and work with kids who have apraxia (and dyspraxia) as opposed to regular deaf schools whose teachers are trained just in education of the deaf. Hope that helps. In a message dated 7/1/2008 9:21:39 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, writes: _Re: question @school for the hearing impaired for apraxic kids _ ( /message/80627 Tue Jul 1, 2008 5:53 am (PDT) I am also interested in this possibility of a school for the hearing impaired. The problem however is beyond funding, it seems no hearing impaired school wants to take a child who hears more or less normally. We of course have no way of knowing exactly what she hears, (possible APD on top of her apraxia) but her receptive speech is pretty good now, it's her expressive that lags behind and will for a long time, which means developmentally she will suffer and not be able to learn language as she should, not be able to communicate. She is using two and 3 word sentences, but choppy. Uses monosyllabic and bisyllabic words, but far from being able to carry on a conversation and social pleasantries that are needed at this age to fit in. Anyway, I'm just afraid that her speech is progressing too slow to allow for normal learning and development, and I feel a signing environment would be perfect for her to learn. But both private and public hearing impaired schools have refused to take her, never mind where the funding would come from, the schools don't want non-deaf children there. So how do we get around this? How would I even be able to find out what schools are in the area for the hearing impaired? I typed it into google but only came up with the two that refused to take her and I'm sure in the Bay Area there must be more. Thank you for any input. -Elena--mom to Ziana age 3.10--severely apraxic but progressing steadily since appropriate speech therapy/diet and supplements have been implemented. nadineck <_nadineck@..._ (mailto:nadineck@...) > wrote: Hi, mentioned that she was able to get out of district funding to have her son go to a school for the hearing impaired. We are in MA, and I just put in the request that my 31/2 yr old be provided an immersive signing environment, in the hopes that eventually this will lead them to pay for him to attend a school for the Hearing Impaired, which is about 40 min drive from us (we're in MA). , you recently posted a bunch of articles supporting the benefits of signing for non-verbal kids. Great stuff, thanks. Does anyone who has secured out of district funding have any insights on approaches that helped their case? Clearly for Tanner, the preschool for the hearing impaired was a positive environment. Has anyone else taken this path? Thanks! Nadine **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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