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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Unfortunately, being under capacity does not lead to smaller classes or more available staffing.

Your best bet is to drop the 504 request and go directly for an IEP. An IEP is the only way to increase staffing formulas. Write to the principal request edging an IEP meeting. By law, they have (I think) 30 days to schedule the meetings.

I would suggest an advocate to help you, but if she already has a diagnosed disability that should help.[/quote]

This is good advice, but I was struck by the part where the OP is upset that the school didn't reach out after she withdrew her child. That's correct, a public school is going to focus on the children who are enrolled, not the children who are not enrolled.

Also good advice are the folks talking about how a COSA is probably not going to help here. Staffing levels follow the number of kids in a school, so a school with more kids is going to have more staff. Just becuase a school is under-enrolled does not necessarily mean their team will have more time for OP's child, becuase there will by definition be fewer of them.

Basically, OP, if you want a specialized placement you are going to need to work the system to get it. That means an IEP and all of the hassles that go along with it. I get the impression that you don't think your child needs that level of intervention, but that's the only way you are going to have legally protected accommodations. [/quote]

It takes a lot of documentation to get an IEP in place.  A 504 is just a plan, usually medical to help kids (i.e. food allergy).

OP needed to submit an evaluation that shows education impact with a clear diagnosis.  SPD is an OT term/diagnosis, not a clinical diagnosis.  Anxiety would be the diagnosis.  However, they aren't going to give a lot of supports for that as the child would need therapy and possibly medication and they have kids with far greater needs (our child got neglected for kids with greater needs).

No school cares if you withdraw or is going to chase you.  They have too many other kids to worry about.

The only way to get an IEP for this kind of stuff is a really good detailed evaluation and diagnosis and hire an attorney/advocate.  By the time you do all that, it might be better to get private therapy to work on it as getting an IEP/advocate takes months to years.[/quote]

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