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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You should get an FBA in the public school prior to moving on so you understand the behavior and what you’re working towards. This does not need to be a forever problem, I’ve worked through it with many children. Usually through a combination of school supports or homeschooling or partial schooling plus many opportunities for growth in group settings that are most laidback than public school. This includes things like play dates, co ops, social skills groups, camps, etc Even a change in teacher/school/classroom can sometimes change it, just depends what you’re working with. You need to find a professional outside the school system that can evaluate in the school and home and be willing to work in any setting with the goal of mainstreaming (if that’s what you want). You need someone with experience to do this, it’s not an I just graduated type job, so really vet that person well.[/quote]

The idea that a child with significant behavioral needs would get approved by MCPS for a non-public placement like Ivymount or Lourie if the school team had not already done an FBA, at the absolute bare minimum first step, is absurd. We can infer that this has been tried. It would never have even made it to CIEP without that, and probably multiple FBA/BIP attempts. CIEP will take any excuse to kick a file back to the school and a missing FBA would have been the most obvious excuse ever. The fact that OP's son was approved for a non-public placement guarantees that all this stuff was tried, probably past the point of failure. The flippant suggestion that OP should have just tried changing teachers, when her son was referred to Ivymount and Lourie, is borderline insulting to all the efforts I'm sure OP (and the school) has made. Come on. Do you know how this placement process works??[/quote]

I never make assumptions, and even if it had been completed OP would still benefit from establishing the next placement and having another FBA completed by an outside provider. There’s no such thing as too little data. [/quote]

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