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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In moco your signature is only needed for the initial iep. They can change it however they want if you are not there! I strongly recommend going with an advocate. They are do much more reasonable when an advocate is present and he/she can set a positive tone for the meeting.[/quote]

So you're essentially saying that the team can decide that your kid has for example - Dyslexia or ADHD - and put that in the IEP and you can do nothing about it unless you're there in person the fight them on it? and even if you fight them on it they can still put it on your child's IEP because after all, they don't need your signature?

I am asking an honest question here, not being sarcastic or snarky.  I truly want to know the answer to this.[/quote]

It's a good question. This type of qualifying only tends to happen at the 3-year interval, though.

I think most of us were talking about subsequent IEPs, where they can and will change services and goals, especially if you aren't there to advocate.

As far as changing the disability qualification, if they have the testing, yes, they can put that in there if you aren't there to tell them otherwise. We had our team tell us over and over that they wanted to put our child under the ASD label. They certainly would have if we weren't there to tell them no. As it was, they put in that we rejected their recommendation.

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How interesting.  This is EXACTLY what happened to us.  We held our ground and would not allow it to be added....mind you DS has had two private comprehensive neuropsych evaluations done by actual psychologists where the diagnosis did not support what the IEP team was trying to have added.[/quote]

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