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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a SN parent, the part that really bothers me is that the frustration truly doesn’t stem from the teachers “ not doing enough”.I feel like it is sometimes misinterpreted by teachers in that way.  I know our school system isn’t funded properly and the pay is well below acceptable levels. That is what is so frustrating to me, teachers could be supported much better and students as well. I really do feel like SN parents need to legally address this with the school system as a whole. That is the only way change will happen unfortunately.  [/quote]

THIS

Change only ever happens when parents start lawyering up for IEP meetings and getting more services and thus force school systems to create more schools, outsource help, etc. It really needs to start at a state/local level before school age though if you want it to work well. Early intervention for children with a Pre-diagnosis to eliminate/counteract long wait times for evaluations is where I’d start. States I’ve worked in that focus on that also have had overall better presschool and school age programs for children with IEPs and they found ways to fulfill them.

From a teaching perspective and neurodevelopmental perspective early intervention is going to be much more critical/crucial/beneficial to your SN or potentially SN child than an 8 or 10 year old with an IEP. Research neuroplasticity and you’ll see why that is.

I’d much rather work with a 16 month old that is not yet even diagnosable from a statistical perspective than a 8 year old with no previous intervention services and an IEP because I can almost guarantee that 16 month old will make quick progress if the parents are 100%, or even 75% on board with keeping up with what I ask outside of my service delivery hours.

Parents of older children need to band together and sue the pants off some of these school systems that aren’t fulfilling IEPs. I’ve seen it done before and great schools and programs came from it. I still think EI is most important and undervalued and underfunded but schools are breaking the law too and until they’re held accountable nothing will change.

Just my humble opinion.

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