Re: Fw: need help goals partlally met

[Guest guest]

Hi Caroline!

I finally had a chance to speak with Cheryl

http://www.cherabfoundation.org/about/advisoryboard/cheryl-bennett-johnson-m-a-s\

lseducational-consultant our VP of Cherab and this is her response: As I do not

know your child perhaps the best person to ask would be the child's private

therapist who knows the child and can assess if the goals and progress are

appropriate.

If the goal has not been met for the previous months or year there is no problem

in bringing them over into the new time line. If the child has mastered the

objective they would not be moved over the same goals but it's clear your child

has not met all his goals which is why the goals were moved over. Many

therapists do this.

You should have received an end of year summery which includes the goals that

have been accomplished by the child and those that still need to be addressed.

And you should have received an explanation as to why services would be

increased or decreased.

If you are really concerned about what the school is doing you should seek an

independent evaluator and take the recent IEP as well as the assessment from the

private therapist to seek an outside opinion. When was the last formal

assessment/standardized test completed?

What is not clear from your message is if your child is in out of district

placement, what services she received through NPA (ST, OT, PT etc)

(hope that helps!)

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