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August 25, 2008 at 1:46 pm #262035
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Dash (or anyone as knowledgeable), I have a question re IEPs. My son was adopted from another country and came home with a lot of learning issues so we put him into a private school at our university through 8th grade. He then transferred to a public high school where he was assigned one counselor.
In 10th grade this person decided our son was no longer eligible for an IEP and said that the university had sent over so many files that she cleaned them out. Is that legal? She said since the university is a learning institute there was paperwork that wasn’t necessary.
~ Rustey
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August 27, 2008 at 12:00 am #398041
iradash2004
Hi, I can’t believe I found my way on this forum thingie. Anyway, as for the records….. First of all to legally release someone from Special Education, if that person was identified with a handicapping condition and actually in sp ed….
no one person can make that decision. does your son have an iep?
i believe that it is unethical for anyone to take anything out of the file to “clean” them out. if you have copies of the records (and you should have) you can go over this person’s head to administration and get that iep enforced. no one person has the right to stop the process.
you need some help in this…. perhaps. call your state capital and find out where there is advocacy to get the laws enforced.
or try asking at the school… and if you don’t have the copies of the records, does your old school have them. i always kept copies of every single thing…….
i don’t know how much help i am, and i am not sure i will be able to find my way back to this thread again…. dash
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August 28, 2008 at 5:12 pm #398109
NC_mom
Both my son and daughter had an IEP, one for learnging difficulties and the other for a serious illness. I learned the hard way that the schools bank on your ignorance and trust in them.
There should be a meeting at the beginning and end of each year to discuss your childs goals and accomplishments.If it is decided to end services, they are phased out lightly and still monitored. No records are ever destroyed though.You can also ask for an independant review of your childs case, at the schools expense.
Unfortunately you can’t be nice to them. There were plenty of times when a phone call would jsut not do, I would march myself right over to the superintendant’s office and let them know, I would not be leaving until someone came out to speak with me. Anytime you sent anything to them, keep a copy for yourself, and if at all possible, send it certified mail.Believe me, you do that once and then they know… hey this lady means business.
They day my son graduated high school, his guidance counselor said to me…um we’re gonna miss you but umm not really. My response was, well maybe from now on you’ll do the job you signed up for.
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