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Question:
Is a special education teacher required to show an advocate how she
individualizes for a student in the classroom?
Answer: Click here to see
Lynne's answer.
Question:
Does the NCLB law (or any other law) include
any specifications for when a school district may be required to
transport a special needs child from one school site to another
during the day?
Answer: Click here to see
Lynne's answer.
Question: My
grandson is 5 years old and has autism. The 3 year MET is now due and
the school says that he does not have all 4 characteristics to be
labeled as autistically impaired. Therefore, the school wants to
remove his label. His mother and I strongly disagree and we want his
label to remain. Can the school remove his label without my daughter's
signature? She had to sign 3 years ago to have him labeled in the
first place.
Answer: Click here to see
Lynne's answer.
Question:
May a district require parents of students
with disabilities to accompany them on field trips when
non-disabled students are permitted to attend unaccompanied?
Answer: Click here to see
Tricia's answer.
Question:
I have a 15 yr old 9th grader in High School
who is in the process of going from a self-contained classroom
to a mainstream classroom. I have been trying to get the
school system to put into his IEP goals something that will
teach him how to take classroom notes, organize notebooks, etc.
(All the organizational study skills that he will need to
survive and keep up in the mainstream environment.) I keep
getting the run-around. What if anything can I do to help
him? He gets into trouble at school because he is not
being challenged and I want him moved on to the next level where
he can get some kind of an education.
Answer:
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Tricia's answer.
Question:
I have a boy in my 6th
grade class that was diagnosed with Lupus at the beginning of
the school year. He has missed 18 days
already this year. I have actually taken assignments to his
house and the hospital for him, but he continues to
fall behind. IEP requests were refused twice b/c he would
not be attending special education classes in school. The
principal even had the nerve to tell this boy's father
that he shouldn't be in school and should have a private tutor.
He is very bright and I would hate to see him fall
further behind, but without an IEP
providing the steps that need to be taken for him, its
inevitable. I have even offered my own
personal assistance when he is unable to attend school, but the
admin refuses. Anyone have any
suggestions?
Answer:
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Question:
My child is currently enrolled in a
public school. According to his IEP, he qualifies for several
forms of therapy. We were told that if we put him into a
private school he will loose services. The private school
disagrees. Who is going to pay and how do I find out who is
responsible for his special education needs?
Answer: Click here to see our answer.
Question:
I have a 9 year-old son in the 4th grade. He has been diagnosed
with Autism and is included in a regular ed setting with adaptations,
modifications, and a full-time teacher's aide. My question is
about social skills and how to write goals and objectives for the IEP.
Do you have any suggestions, ideas, or know of any models that may be
useful to me and the team?
Answer:
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Question:
My child is fourteen years old and labeled emotionally
impaired. We really need help in our home and in coordinating all of
her services. I feel as if I get different suggestions from the
school, the doctors and the people at the Community Mental Health
Board. How can I grab control of this fragmented system?
Answer: Click
here to see our answer.
Question:
Is my child eligible for assistive technology in the home provided by
the school?
Answer:
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Question:
I
have a question about a child in General Ed. He is allergic to
bee stings and his doctor has prescribed an EPI-PEN for use in a
life-threatening situation. The school district policy is to
keep meds locked up in the office, dispensed by staff, etc. In
other words, difficult to access in a situation where anaphylaxis can
cause death in a matter of minutes. The Mother has gone along
with this. Now the class is planning a field trip to an orchard
and it's "bee season". The new teacher is not as willing to
"bend" the rules and carry the EPI-PEN as the previous teacher was. Is
this more of an ADA/504 issue?
Answer:
This is an ADA/504 issue requiring the
reasonable accommodation of the school teacher carrying the Epi-Pen
when the kids are on the field trip. We suggest the mother write
a letter to the school confirming their knowledge of her son's allergy
and requesting the reasonable accommodation of having the teacher
carry the Epi-Pen. She should be sure to mention both the ADA and
Section 504.
Question:
There are issues with transportation for my child
to and from school. How do I find out if I am eligible for
reimbursement for any expenses incurred (such as mileage) if I
transport my child?
Answer:
If your child
is eligible for special education services we suggest
that you make sure
transportation is checked as a needed service on your
daughter's IEP. Start by contacting the special
education director and requesting reimbursement.
If your daughter is not special education eligible you should
contact the special education director and
ask who the 504 Coordinator is for the
special education director [because no one
else usually knows who the 504 Coordinator is]. Ask for a written 504
plan and make sure that it
indicates that special transportation
is necessary. You should then be able to ask for reimbursement.
Question:
When my son went through his IEP, they told us that he qualified for
services including OT and PT. We were also told if we chose to
go to private school, we would loose all those services. The
private school is telling us that is incorrect, and that we may have
to fight for the services they say in his IEP that we qualify for.
There is a local Parent Support group, who say we don't qualify for
help in private school because of the box on the IEP checked. They
only pay for special ed in private school if the child has "low
incidence eligible" such as blind or has an orthopedic impairment. I
can not afford the private speech therapy. My son's speech has
declined a little over the summer, and he still has trouble putting
sentences together. I'm told the problem is with pragmatics rather
than vocabulary. What would be the best source for me to follow?
Answer:
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Question: Do
school districts have to provide services to private students with
disabilities at the site of a private school?
Answer:
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