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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]School based SLP here (not in DCPS however). Also, I did not read the whole thread, just the first page, so you may have covered this.

OP, trust me when I tell you that the regular education school staff does not want to deny your child what he needs. I have no idea about "central office" in DCPS but as a person who works directly with kids in a regular education school, when children are clearly in the wrong place, we absolutely want them to get an appropriate placement. We will write reports, collect data, provide anecdotal evidence and show work samples (or lack thereof) to support the right placement.

In fact, at my school in a neighboring county, we have a few students who are at our school for the first time (K and 1st grade) because of Covid. One is "eloping" (I don't love that word) and he has many avoidance behaviors and right now, he is just not safe. Another is just not cognitively at the level needed for regular education. Today, I told my colleagues that these kids "are telling us in many ways that they are in the wrong place" everyone agreed.

Just today, our special education team had a conversation saying that we need our higher ups to meet with us to give us clear guidelines about what documentation they need from us, what programs are out there right now (staffing is tough in my district) and what is the timeline. We are on board with helping these kids get exactly what they need.

Please talk to the professionals that work with your team to join efforts for what is right for your child. They want what is right for your child.

Good luck, I hope you find some peace and that your child gets to a place that will allow him to learn. [/quote]

Hi, thank you for responding to this thread. I appreciate it. I believe totally that the school staff want to do right by him. I like them very much and don't feel in any way adversarial toward them. They are working hard in a very difficult situation, and you don't go into teaching for the money - these are good people who care about children. I have linked them with the professionals we found privately (his OT, a psychologist who came in to observe, and psychiatrist). No one from the school has yet told me "you need to do X" which is why I'm considering another professional advocate or educational adviser to hold my hand. I basically just want to know what to do next, because the situation has gotten so extreme.[/quote]

find a good advocate. they will REALLY help. [/quote]

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