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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your horror stories…your triumphs…what you wish you’d known beforehand if you’ve done it. Tell me everything.

Son is ASD, 5. Advocate has recommended paying for 1 year at school we want him at in the future (Ivy) to avoid DCPS shopping his file around if we secure funding in the future. Then we would sue DCPS next spring for funding going forward.

How likely are we to get funding if no ID or severe behaviors? Any tips? Lawyers you like? Child has only ever gotten private services so has no IEP. How soon would I need to begin that process of suing for next year?

I’m not looking for why I should consider public. I do not have confidence in DCPS for a host of reasons that are irrelevant to the matter at hand. Appreciate your wisdom.[/quote]
Most people I know who have won cases have been through the school system for years and the system failed them.

Is there a reason your child does not have an IEP or go through the Early Stages process?   Talk to a lawyer, but I would think it is hard to make a case that DCPS was not providing an appropriate placement if your child is not in the system.   
We have gone through the process - it is exhausting.  I do not wish it on anyone.  DCPS will say anything for the purpose of winning the case.  They will have experts who have never met your child and parade them in front of the hearing officer testifying to substantiate what ever their case is.  You will sit their in awe as they make your child out to be someone they are not.  It is not easy to sit there and hear this about your child - especially when you know it is all made up.

Best of luck with whatever you decide to do.  It is not an easy path.[/quote]

Talk to a lawyer who has experience suing dcps (consultation) and start the Early Stages evaluation which is step one for a kid of yours age. I won a settlement with the city for private placement. Much of the advice you get on DCUM is based on general or outdated info. [/quote]

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