Re: please help-got letter from school

[Guest guest]

I am assuming in your IEP your daughter has 1:1 session with the

autism specialist weekly and that she is the only one in

district with that service.

Does your daughter have any other social skill training?

Do you know who advocated for this service for your daughter

in the first place?

Whenever there has been a change in my daughter's IEP

that I have not fully agreed with I have written an

addition " to the parental concerns section " .

It seems strange that you would have to sign an IEP

for a change in scehduling.

They are asking to reduce her services.

It seems the 1:1 session was not clearly defined that it was

for 1:1 social skill training. Some autistic kids do have

this service with someone to work on eye contact, speech etc.

Does she go to OT or speech? Does she have social skill classes?

Without knowing more I would say " you agree to a change in the

time of day your daughter sees the autism specialist but that

you would like the 1:1 (direct) service to continue to work on

social skill development "

Unless your daughter has lots of services like this

already.

Tell me more.

Pam

>

> Please help advise me on what I should do...I received the following letters

from my daughter's school. Note that the second one was in response to my

questioning what 'Direct' versus 'Indirect' meant for our dd and us. I want

what's best for our dd and I don't know that their 'offer' is really all right.

I deleted names for privacy. Please help us! --KK

>

> Letters:

> Hi .. -

> I'm a Special Education Teacher over at … Elementary School and I am case

managing dd this year. I was talking with J (District …'s autism consultant) and

she was saying that dd is her only student in the whole district with DIRECT

services. For this reason, it would make sense to switch dd to only indirect

minutes.

> Also because J has so many students we have not been putting her on the

student's service grid but rather say " An autism consultant will be available to

dd `x' number of times a month " in the accommodations section. This frees J up

so she doesn't HAVE to see her on Wednesdays or whatever the day might be.

> So my question is... How does this sound and does it make sense? We would

like to do a significant change to her IEP. In doing that, we do not have to

meet but I can just send home a form and then just sign it and send it back my

way

> Just let me know if you have any questions!

> Thanks,

> ..

>

>

> Good Morning -

> Direct minutes are when J would be right with dd for the intended time.

Indirect minutes are more laid back. This is a chance for J to talk with

myself, Mrs. P or dd about different situations or updates on how things have

been going. She would also observe dd and then make suggestions to myself and

Mrs. P on what we could be doing that would benefit dd in the classroom,

playground, or wherever she may be. Dd will still be seen by J but at more of an

indirect level. Does this make sense?

> Just let me know what you think!

> Thanks,

> ..

>

>

> Thank you, A.S. support group, for any thoughts or advice you can offer.-KK

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you for your response! My daughter receives speech, school counselor meets

with her, and adaptive phy ed. They said OT is only offered if they think her

academics are being affected. The autism specialist would be scheduled for

indirect services for 20 minutes twice a month in the new IEP plan they want me

to sign. Supposedly that is suppose to be enough time to observe our dd; talk

with her, her case manager and her teacher to discuss what to do with/for her.

Sorry I didn't post again until now...my dad's health has been an issue lately,

too. Thank you again, Pam. --Kari

> >

> > Please help advise me on what I should do...I received the following letters

from my daughter's school. Note that the second one was in response to my

questioning what 'Direct' versus 'Indirect' meant for our dd and us. I want

what's best for our dd and I don't know that their 'offer' is really all right.

I deleted names for privacy. Please help us! --KK

> >

> > Letters:

> > Hi .. -

> > I'm a Special Education Teacher over at … Elementary School and I am case

managing dd this year. I was talking with J (District …'s autism consultant) and

she was saying that dd is her only student in the whole district with DIRECT

services. For this reason, it would make sense to switch dd to only indirect

minutes.

> > Also because J has so many students we have not been putting her on the

student's service grid but rather say " An autism consultant will be available to

dd `x' number of times a month " in the accommodations section. This frees J up

so she doesn't HAVE to see her on Wednesdays or whatever the day might be.

> > So my question is... How does this sound and does it make sense? We would

like to do a significant change to her IEP. In doing that, we do not have to

meet but I can just send home a form and then just sign it and send it back my

way

> > Just let me know if you have any questions!

> > Thanks,

> > ..

> >

> >

> > Good Morning -

> > Direct minutes are when J would be right with dd for the intended time.

Indirect minutes are more laid back. This is a chance for J to talk with

myself, Mrs. P or dd about different situations or updates on how things have

been going. She would also observe dd and then make suggestions to myself and

Mrs. P on what we could be doing that would benefit dd in the classroom,

playground, or wherever she may be. Dd will still be seen by J but at more of an

indirect level. Does this make sense?

> > Just let me know what you think!

> > Thanks,

> > ..

> >

> >

> > Thank you, A.S. support group, for any thoughts or advice you can offer.-KK

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Kari the key with advocacy is to be reasonable. You can write

in a brief letter (you should) and they will have to include it in the IEP. You

write " The school is requesting indirect services for

the autism specialist. We are concerned that this will

not meet our daughter's needs. We are willing to trial this for

(pick a time frame one or two school quarters) and review at that

time how this is working.

Be specific what the needs are. Is this autism specialist providing

any social skill training or assiting with writing the behavior

intervention plan (if this is needed). If she is getting social

skill training it would have to be a direct service right!

I can't picture what is being provided or by who to get the

full picture. But this whould be the strategy to object to

a change without going thru the legal process.

Pam

> > >

> > > Please help advise me on what I should do...I received the following

letters from my daughter's school. Note that the second one was in response to

my questioning what 'Direct' versus 'Indirect' meant for our dd and us. I want

what's best for our dd and I don't know that their 'offer' is really all right.

I deleted names for privacy. Please help us! --KK

> > >

> > > Letters:

> > > Hi .. -

> > > I'm a Special Education Teacher over at … Elementary School and I am case

managing dd this year. I was talking with J (District …'s autism consultant) and

she was saying that dd is her only student in the whole district with DIRECT

services. For this reason, it would make sense to switch dd to only indirect

minutes.

> > > Also because J has so many students we have not been putting her on the

student's service grid but rather say " An autism consultant will be available to

dd `x' number of times a month " in the accommodations section. This frees J up

so she doesn't HAVE to see her on Wednesdays or whatever the day might be.

> > > So my question is... How does this sound and does it make sense? We

would like to do a significant change to her IEP. In doing that, we do not have

to meet but I can just send home a form and then just sign it and send it back

my way

> > > Just let me know if you have any questions!

> > > Thanks,

> > > ..

> > >

> > >

> > > Good Morning -

> > > Direct minutes are when J would be right with dd for the intended time.

Indirect minutes are more laid back. This is a chance for J to talk with

myself, Mrs. P or dd about different situations or updates on how things have

been going. She would also observe dd and then make suggestions to myself and

Mrs. P on what we could be doing that would benefit dd in the classroom,

playground, or wherever she may be. Dd will still be seen by J but at more of an

indirect level. Does this make sense?

> > > Just let me know what you think!

> > > Thanks,

> > > ..

> > >

> > >

> > > Thank you, A.S. support group, for any thoughts or advice you can

offer.-KK

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you, Pam! I guess I'm just scared that I'll make the wrong choices along

the way. Thanks for caring enough to write and help! It means so much! -Kari

> > > >

> > > > Please help advise me on what I should do...I received the following

letters from my daughter's school. Note that the second one was in response to

my questioning what 'Direct' versus 'Indirect' meant for our dd and us. I want

what's best for our dd and I don't know that their 'offer' is really all right.

I deleted names for privacy. Please help us! --KK

> > > >

> > > > Letters:

> > > > Hi .. -

> > > > I'm a Special Education Teacher over at … Elementary School and I am

case managing dd this year. I was talking with J (District …'s autism

consultant) and she was saying that dd is her only student in the whole district

with DIRECT services. For this reason, it would make sense to switch dd to only

indirect minutes.

> > > > Also because J has so many students we have not been putting her on the

student's service grid but rather say " An autism consultant will be available to

dd `x' number of times a month " in the accommodations section. This frees J up

so she doesn't HAVE to see her on Wednesdays or whatever the day might be.

> > > > So my question is... How does this sound and does it make sense? We

would like to do a significant change to her IEP. In doing that, we do not have

to meet but I can just send home a form and then just sign it and send it back

my way

> > > > Just let me know if you have any questions!

> > > > Thanks,

> > > > ..

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > Good Morning -

> > > > Direct minutes are when J would be right with dd for the intended

time. Indirect minutes are more laid back. This is a chance for J to talk with

myself, Mrs. P or dd about different situations or updates on how things have

been going. She would also observe dd and then make suggestions to myself and

Mrs. P on what we could be doing that would benefit dd in the classroom,

playground, or wherever she may be. Dd will still be seen by J but at more of an

indirect level. Does this make sense?

> > > > Just let me know what you think!

> > > > Thanks,

> > > > ..

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > Thank you, A.S. support group, for any thoughts or advice you can

offer.-KK

> > > >

> > >

> >

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