16 year old daughter in Social Skills Class

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My daughter was diagnosed by the school to have aspergers. They suggested that

she be in a " Social Skills Class " . She is an A-B student. Since her father and

I wanted her to learn social skills, we approved the IEP and the classes began

in the beginning of February.

My daughter has told me that she is not learning anything as it applies to her

directly. They watched a video of Charlie Sheen's interviews and had the

students evaluate what they observed.

My daughter does not do drugs. I do not believe that Charlie Sheen has

aspergers.

I sent an email to the teacher asking what they have learned and what type of

applications, assignments, activities that they have worked on to work toward

the IEP Goals and as of yet, I did not receive a clear response.

I did schedule an IEP for this Wednesday and asked that they respond to my

questions in an email so that my daughter's father and I can discuss before the

meeting but when I spoke with the specialist, there seemed to be some hesitation

for her to put anything in writing and asked why I wanted it in writing.

One of our biggest concerns is that the teacher stated that half of the class

time of the social skills class is doing homework in class as it is a " Learning

Strategies Class " . There was not anything in my daughter's IEP that stated that

she had a Learning or Academic issue in any way. It was strictly social

behavior and we were told that she would be learning social skills and that

there would be outside weekly assignments to work socially with others.

Now, we find that is not happening for our daughter and she is frustrated and

wants out of the class since it is not productive to her.

What do you suggest or recommend for me to consider for our IEP on Wednesday?

What are the steps to have her removed from the program? We are in California.