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[quote=Anonymous]I posted a few weeks ago about how I heard that OSSE was moving to halt all direct therapy services for kids in private schools. Currently, my daughter commutes to a local DCPS school to receive the speech therapy services that DCPS just reaffirmed she qualifies for. Today we get the letter that DCPS is immediately halting all direct therapy (speech & language, occupational, and physical) services. Instead, a DCPS employee will "provide one consultative visit per month, lasting at least 30 minutes ... with the teacher and/or parent as appropriate."
OSSE has the nerve to assert that having coffee with my daughter's teacher for 30 minutes once a month is "equitable" to the 1 hour of speech therapy previously provided by a certified, Maters prepared speech therapist. This will, of course, become a matter of litigation soon. 
If you have received one of these letters, beware they state that DCPS will contact you in the next 2 weeks to update your ISP. Do NOT sign anything in this meeting. DCPS's own regulations state that they can only change the manner of services provided to your child AFTER a meaningful and timely consultation with parents involved. DCPS contacting you NOW to tell you that they have already decided to cancel services does not meet this test. Calling you in for a meeting after the fact is the oldest trick in the book. 
I am interested in working with other parents who would like to fight this change. [/quote]

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