please help-got letter from school

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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