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Sharon Lang

From: hlnoone <hlnoone@...>

Subject: [ ] Re: Reimbursement for Private Pre-School burden

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Date: Monday, January 14, 2008, 12:46 PM

Thanks so much for all the valuable information. We are in NH and I

am trying to get in touch with local advocates, and to learn more

about our state's regulations.

The IEP they presented us with was ridiculous. They never even

called his private SLP for an update on his progress. Rather than

taking any initiative to find out anything about Adam, they have

relied solely on me to bring information to meetings, and then they

complain because they did not have the important information ahead of

time. When I presented a progress report update from Adam's private

SLP at the IEP meeting, the school SLP rudely said " I wish I had this

yesterday " when she was writing the IEP. The goals she actually

wrote Adam has already accomplished. (She wanted Adam to have 65

words by June...he already has 100!!!!!). It is so frustrating. The

good part is that they have agreed to use Adam's private SLP's tx

plan for his IEP goals, and they are paying for the 2 hours of speech

therapy. (As I had mentioned in by previous post, this is only b/c

someone from the school board put pressure on the right people).

The SPED department clearly does not like me, and that bothers me,

but I know I am the only one who can help Adam get what he needs.

They accused me of " trying to shelter " Adam from disabled children,

because I don't think their placement in the SPED class is

appropriate! Adam has the ability to be with typical peers, with the

rights supports, and my understanding is that IDEA would support

this. Thanks for the feedback!

Holly

> >

> > Hi:

> > My nearly 3 year old apraxic son just had his IEP on Friday.

> Prior

> > to this, the public special needs pre-school has consistently

> stated

> > that they can only provide Adam with 1 hour of individual ST per

> > week, despite the fact that he has been getting 2 hours of

private

> ST

> > for the last few months and continues to need this much time.

> They

> > had also told me that they would only provide the hour of ST if

we

> > attended their public special needs pre-school at least 2 days

per

> > week. In the meantime, a school board member got wind of this and

> > long story short, we were offered the 2 hours of ST and they did

> not

> > insist we attend their pre-school at the IEP meeting.

> >

> > I have tried to explain on a number of occasions why their

program

> is

> > not appropriate for Adam, and they insist their special needs

> program

> > is appropriate for all disabled children-they accomodate all

> children

> > that are referred. So, we were given one public pre-school

> program

> > to choose from...a program of about 10 kids, (2-3 typical

children

> at

> > most, all others appearing to have either behavioral/emotiona l

> > disorders, severe physical disabilities, or other learning

> > disabilities. The majority of children also had some level of

> speech

> > disorder, so it was hard for me to see who would be the " speech

> role-

> > models " for Adam). They call it a language-based program, but it

> > seems very behaviorally focused due to the needs of the children

> in

> > the class. Also, to make matters worse, they are down numerous

> SLP

> > positions, so all individual ST is contracted out off site,

> including

> > ours. So, here is my question...does the public school have any

> > obligation to offer some other type of program to us, including a

> > private pre-school with typical children where Adam's speech

> therapy

> > goals can be carried out in the classroom? Adam currently attends

> a

> > private pre-school and has made great progress as they are

> > incorporating his ST goals in the class. This is clearly the

least

> > restrictive environment, but I am not sure how LRE applies to pre-

> > schools. At the IEP meeting we were told in no uncertain terms

> that

> > they would not reimburse us for the private school; we had only

> one

> > choice for a free education and that was there public pre-school

> > disabled program. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated on

> this

> > issue. I don't want to pursue this funding issue if it is just

> not

> > worthwhile.

> > Thanks!

> > Holly

> > Mother to Adam, nearly 3 years old, apraxic

> >

>

>

>

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