Problems with monitoring teacher/case manager

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You all, I can't even tell my son has a monitoring teacher (what our school

district calls a case manager). I'm having to keep track of everything and talk

to all the teachers all the time just like I did with the 504 (now have an IEP).

I'm not considering it a lost cause yet. I think maybe she just isn't used to

this type of student. She told me her job is to keep an eye on his grades and

get with his teachers periodically to see if there are any issues. She's

thinking academics. Problem is, like all our kids, my son's problems are all

with functioning--getting assignments straight, figuring out how to get them

done in a timely manner, and getting them handed in. When I think about it, I

guess my son is more work than a student who simply has academic problems, for

the monitoring teacher anyway. What I'd like to see is her checking with my

son's teachers every day and keeping track of everything I am doing with great

difficulty from my desk at work or at home. Am I expecting too much? I mean,

one of my son's IEP goals is to show up in class every day with the all required

materials 90 percent of the time--can't she help me monitor that on a daily

basis and let his study strategies/social skills teacher know so she can do

interventions regarding that? I feel like I'm ranting. We're on our 3rd week

of school and I am already very tired. It was a job getting the IEP; now I can

see it is going to be another job getting a meaningful program going. I'm so

discouraged. Wondering how it goes for others. Any little nuggets, pass them

my way, please! I think I'm going to have to sit down with the monitoring

teacher, study strategies/social skills teacher and either SPED dept chair or

school diagnostician and get more on the same page.

I want them to go through each goal and say how they are measuring and recording

it, what interventions they are using. Also, there are recommendations on

autism evaluation that I'm told are just kind of built into the program and just

done that I couldn't get them to set up goals for. A little suspicious huh?

Just for an example--there was a recommendation to help him find an

organizational system that works for him. I don't think they are really doing

that. They are just having him do things the way they want to do them. I have

ideas on that, if they would let me help. I'm also frustrated that they don't

want to use the autism team on a regular basis. Doesn't cost them anything--all

pride. I know how to push that though. Just kind of still getting to know

everyone, I guess. Sorry for the ramble; thanks for listening.