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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you need to feel heard, write a letter to the head of Special Ed, and copy the Superintendent. 
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I actually have good success with this method when I want to get IDEA or 504 non-compliance fixed - whether it is a Child Find failure, a failure to accommodate, a wrong determination, etc.

The best way to do it is to forward an email exchange about the non-compliance or documentation of the problem, note that the failure to… fill in the blank … is a violation of …. Fill in the blank… and that you are reaching out to the superintendent and ASSE so that they can re-direct the school staff and provide any necessary resources to bring the school back into compliance by doing XYZ by X day/time so that you do not have to pursue “due process”.

I have, more than once, had the super or sped asst super re-direct school staff within 24 hours or less to comply.

The reason why it works is that you are putting on notice (with some evidence) the people who know the school system’s legal obligations and have the power to bring staff into compliance, and you are giving them a chance to correct the non-compliance or you will sue. They don’t know that you won’t sue. They just know that if you do sue, it will look very bad in court that the top 2 people in the school system responsible for legal compliance failed to fix the non-compliance when provided opportunity to do so. [/quote]

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