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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dial it back, 9:09. PP was just disagreeing that an advocate is always necessary. She had a different experience with her case manager. That is good news. If a parent needs an advocate, then they absolutely should hire one. Sometimes, though, the IEP team works well together and designs the best plan for all. It's good to hear those experiences and you were not fair to the PP you responded to.[/quote]

NP here. I'm on the same page as 9:00.  It's one thing to say you, personally, don't need an advocate, it's another to say you disagree with using one.  The PPs weren't saying an advocate was always required, they were relating their experiences. Some of them feel they need advocates, some of them don't. You may not feel it necessary buy you shouldn't negate the experience or needs of others.

Your response also implies that it's when teams don't work well together that you don't get a good IEP.  We've had many disagreements with our school IEP teams, that doesn't mean we don't work well together or we don't get good IEPs.  Sometimes we have differing opinions on what is needed, sometimes it's the school 'system' that constrains the team.  For example, we were recently told by the school team that an OT or AT consultant couldn't be conducted for our DS until there was a signed IEP.  It wasn't the school team that made that decision, it was made by administrators outside the school.  Yet, it created an huge impediment to the process even though we all got along just fine.[/quote]

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