Request eval in writing. Was: anyone with a child in a private school PA w/pub

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> > > When I tell them his dx, I am met with rolling eyes. They do not

communicate with me, I send in notes and call to check his progress, but never

get any response.

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> > Ginger, you must request IN WRITING, to the appropriate person, that you

want a full and individual special education evaluation, listing your areas of

concern and what areas you want your child evaluated. You must include areas

that are already evaluated because they must do their own evaluation to confirm

everything. If you want them to consider the reports from your own evaluations,

state that explicitly, listing them by name, and attach copies of them to your

request. The first step is to call your school district special education

office and find out who to send the request to.

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> > If you do this, by federal law they must either do the evaluation within a

couple of months or give you a reason in writing why not. This is very basic

IDEA, and I have never heard of a school not complying--providing you follow the

procedures.

> >

> > Remember that these people rolling their eyes at you do not have the

authority to decide whether or not your child receives school services, but it

may well be totally up to you to find out what the procedures are make it

happen. I know it was in my case. I got the exact same response you are

getting for two solid years after I had definitively decided that " something is

wrong " before someone clued me in that I had make my request IN WRITING.

> >

> > As far as the teachers' behavior goes, make sure you discuss it with the

principal. It is probably too late for this year, but remember for next year.

The rule of this game is to keep moving up the chain of command until you get a

response. There is no point in continuing to talk only to the teachers if they

are clearly not going to change their ways.

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> > Ruth

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We don't have to specify an "autism evaluation" here. We've never asked for autism eval in any of the schools we've been at. A full educational evaluation request should suffice for any kind of type of disability under the law, especially since qualification is based on need and not category. Some schools actually do take an outside evaluation seriously. I realize yours doesn't, Ruth. But some schools do use them.

Roxanna

Autism Happens

( ) Request eval in writing. Was: anyone with a child in a private school PA w/pub

> > >

> > > When I tell them his dx, I am met with rolling eyes. They do not communicate with me, I send in notes and call to check his progress, but never get any response.

> >

> > Ginger, you must request IN WRITING, to the appropriate person, that you want a full and individual special education evaluation, listing your areas of concern and what areas you want your child evaluated. You must include areas that are already evaluated because they must do their own evaluation to confirm everything. If you want them to consider the reports from your own evaluations, state that explicitly, listing them by name, and attach copies of them to your request. The first step is to call your school district special education office and find out who to send the request to.

> >

> > If you do this, by federal law they must either do the evaluation within a couple of months or give you a reason in writing why not. This is very basic IDEA, and I have never heard of a school not complying--providing you follow the procedures.

> >

> > Remember that these people rolling their eyes at you do not have the authority to decide whether or not your child receives school services, but it may well be totally up to you to find out what the procedures are make it happen. I know it was in my case. I got the exact same response you are getting for two solid years after I had definitively decided that "something is wrong" before someone clued me in that I had make my request IN WRITING.

> >

> > As far as the teachers' behavior goes, make sure you discuss it with the principal. It is probably too late for this year, but remember for next year. The rule of this game is to keep moving up the chain of command until you get a response. There is no point in continuing to talk only to the teachers if they are clearly not going to change their ways.

> >

> > Ruth

> >

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