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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You could add “and maintain “ at x measurement system (I.e. level, percentage, etc) so you can argue at the IEP that ESY services would be necessary to fulfill the aspect of maintaining. Even better is if you can write specific numbers of levels for specific programs before x date (usually start of following school year) (I.e. will complete 25 levels Language for Learning by DATE achieving 90% accuracy on each level). Here if you write the number high enough where they can’t achieve it during normal school year then esy could be justified. Best to focus on a couple key basic skills and some social skills during summer. It can be short staffed and not always well managed. If you have a 1:1 it can be a great experience though. You might have more luck enrolling in summer camp for social skills and hire a 1:1 to go with them. If you can get specific programs written into IEP such as Direct instruction that can easily be completed by any teacher after a few hours training you will get more out of it too.

Many options, hire a lawyer or advocate if you can afford to.

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Many thanks, PP, this is very helpful and insightful. Yes, we're considering social skills camps. The kiddo is fairly high functioning (other than social - not interested in peers at all), so it would be hard to justify, and also, if it's a short staffed situation, I'd rather not, we can swing the camps financially. [/quote]

Regression is insufficient to qualify for ESY. All kids, gen ed and special ed, show some regression over the summer. The IEP goals need to bill critical to a essential life skill. For speech/language this means severe unintelligibility or initiating use of an AAC device. Both of these would interfere with basic communication. Getting ESY for speech/language otherwise would be unusual. The school will contact you for a meeting. Annual reviews that first were held in summer months or Sept/Oct are typically pushed ahead to be held in the spring so current teachers can give input. In the summer they wouldn't be available and in the fall new teachers would barely know your child. Goals are easily adjusted if needed; a meeting isn't even necessary for that if you are in agreement.
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