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8 Feb 2008 @ 11:13 AM
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| Patti J. |
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FINALLY! An IEP for my son for school
With the help of my step-mom (she most recently taught at an 'alternative' type of school thru BOCES 1 in NY State for past 17 yrs.—kind of a last ditch effort for the kids that attended there) the school actually suggested putting Corey on an IEP program to get him thru school. I have been asking this for the past 10 yrs and told he tested too high and was not academically challenged so was not able to go w/IEP. Well, seems to be differernt now. This is going to be a sort of rush thru as he will be 16 March 21st and this has to be completed and setup by his 16th birthday to follow him thru school and possibly into higher ed apparently based on NCLB laws. He is soooo bright, just doesn't see the need for school subjects or how he will use them. Course my step-mom (Annie) has been working with him on Algebra for the past 3-5 weekends so that he could get this grade brought up which he has done and his math teacher is soooo great. Now if we can get the rest of his grades to go up. He does his homework but after the timeframe to be graded. Just am not able to get it into his head that he is responsible for getting work in on time for grade purposes. (My school grades 3, 2, 1, 0. Basically in on time, 3, next day 2, and after maybe a 1, most likely a 0 and most teachers don't give credit if later than that. He usually does the rush thru at the end of the 8th week of the marking period to catch up. Course he's late w/homework, his weekly testing is lower because he didn't do homework to learn work, yadda, yadda, yadda. School wants him to stay after class days are complete for subject tutoring, only he just wants to get out and release some of the energy he has built up. 9th grade, lots and lots of sitting. Especially for him in p.m. Anyway, even if it happens later in school, if you can get an advocate that knows the law, knows what is required of the laws and how IEP's work, get them into your meetings with the school. Seems that with someone they can't bamboozle into believeing what they want you to, they will work better and offer more solutions. 2 meetings with Annie and myself (I let her do a lot of the talking too because she is more familiar with IEP meetings and how to "work it" so that we can get what we need (she used to handle the IEP teacher & teacher/parent/school meetings when she was working). They thought I was just some stupid parent that didn't know what I was talking about. Guess I didn't have the right vocabulary!!! The reasons many school administrative personnel direct you to other ends (ie: 504 instead of IEP) is the cost. It can double/triple/+++ the cost of educating your child. Course, many times it isn't as extravagant a cost as it could be if there are no techinical/electronic/added personnel costs. Just time and management assistance. And remember, if the school can get away with not spending more, that's the way they will go. Not a knockdown of the teachers or administrators, just a fact of budgeting. Many times it seems to be a political / financial thing to get a child that has a 'hidden' disability the proper assistance and help. For all those out there, I know I am going to keep on pushing, so keep praying, keep pushing, keep looking for the solutions and drive them 'nuts'. And know that rainbows are there and yours could be on the other side of the next rain shower. |
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3 Apr 2008 @ 12:50 PM
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| lizeth |
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im with u
i am in the same position as u right now my son school are just ignoring it until hes therapist called and talked to the school conserler and she denyed saying that she wasent awhere of hes condition when she had talked to my husband about my son haveing to go to hes terapist cuz she wanted us to change him to there terapist but we said no thankyou cuz we were almost finish with hes sessions and she wanted to start all over with hes treatment but thanks to the therapist were almost going to our first iep meeting im sad to say that the schools just dont want to pay alittle more for there education |
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15 May 2008 @ 10:37 PM
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| michelle hill |
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Where do you find an avocate?
My son is the same way. He is in 8th grade. His grades are not good and it is mainly because he doesn't get his homework done in time. Where did you find an avocate? I really want to get something together for him before he gets into High School next September. He is going to be in a Tech program that our High School provides. I know he is so smart but just doesn't think he is. |
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27 May 2008 @ 12:24 PM
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| Patti J. |
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Finally, an IEP...
My advocate just happens to be a family member who is a teacher. She worked at an 'alternative' program through our BOCES program in NY State. All her 'kids' were considered 'special ed' (said with a little laughter as well!) and had IEPs, special provisions, etc. She knows the teacher side of it and what teachers can do to help students. I personally feel she is one heck of a teacher. Adjusts to the student and works with them. She has been tutoring my son with math for the past 4 months (integrated algebra - new math for 9th graders in NYS). His grade jumped 30-50 point spread mostly because of her tutoring and helping w/homework. The school could care less in my opinion. Anyway, to the question of where to get an advocate. Seek out other parents (if you are involved with school and stuff), check local listings (even if you live in a town, go to the largest-closest city) for a Learning Disabled Center, see if there is a local ADD/ADHD meeting group nearby, and if you know a teacher that has had experience with being on the 'other' side of the table (teacher's side), get their help too. There are many things teachers can suggest that work wonders for these kids and they never do because of the school districts/systems, etc. Or they just don't know you or how much you want this! Teachers can be a big advantage. Although when we went for CSE, my advocate didn't realize how hard it is for parents (across the table from district people) and how hard getting some basic items (like testing in a quiet room! and extended test time!) were. She was shocked that they made and treated parents with so much disdain and disrespect! Stay strong, fight for what you want. Ask for Resource Room, extended test time, tutoring, Keep your son in classrooms, and not out of them. One of the things these kids need is to know how to interact with others, and if they are separated for instruction, they lose that. A lot of the stuff I have added this year has been suggestions and infromation from my advocate. She's my step-mom by the way. Good luck. Get it done ASAP, your son will be considered too old and if NCLB goes away, so does some of the laws that can help our kids. Sections $300.000-end are some areas to find the laws that can help. Get to the actual information, not just the first 200 pages of suggested changes, etc. though. It can be quite confusing. Also, make sure you have major paper trails for your child. Keep what worked, what didn't, who helped, who didn't, what you want, dr. reports, meds check reports (I do one for every dr. visit.). Get your child's dr. on your side too. They can be a big help too. |
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