Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP, are they unwilling to go back to providing the supports they were giving your kid in previous years??
OP. it's not that the school is unwilling to give the supports that the school has been providing since prek, the new Sp Ed team at the school, simply had not read the IEP and provided the wrong service not specified in the IEP.
I believe it was simply a honest, INCOMPETANT mistake.
Anonymous wrote:OP, are they unwilling to go back to providing the supports they were giving your kid in previous years??
Anonymous wrote:Did the observation show that the IEP was not being implemented? If so, then the advocate did catch it.
Anonymous wrote:Hey OP, good luck. This sucks. I suspect we are at the same school...have you contacted the head of school since she is a constant in a changing administration, and would likely want to make sure her new team is doing everything right?
Anonymous wrote:OP, are you in a charter school?
If so, chances are that your child will not receive much help beyond extra time/quiet place to take his tests.
We were in public for a year and a half then went to 2 HRCS. Two months into the year, we met and wrote the IEP goals, and even though the school assured us that everything was being followed, my child said again and again it was not true at all.
We have been at our current charter for over 2 years, met with the IEP coordinator a month after enrollment, rewrote the goals; yet again, the only thing which is being followed is allocating extra time for tests (not quizzes) in a quiet room with no distractions.
From what I hear from friends /neighbors, regular DCPS schools are much better in following IEP goals.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:+1. Also call the School District's compliance officer and explain the situation.
Yes, planning on it.
Don't just call. Write an email documenting the non-compliance provide the IEP, etc., and ask the school district's compliance person to get back to you with a time for a phone or in person appointment to discuss solutions. You need to make a paper trail. Then, after the phone call follow up again by email with a "thank you" that documents what you understand to have been discussed and the promised actions.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:+1. Also call the School District's compliance officer and explain the situation.
Yes, planning on it.
Anonymous wrote:+1. Also call the School District's compliance officer and explain the situation.
jgefisher wrote:I recommend communicating via email so you have a paper trail. Always ask for your emails to be confirmed received and read.
You can call for a Periodic Review of the IEP at any time.
At the IEP meeting, take copious notes.
Ask for documentation of progress towards the goals. If you can't see it, then it did not occur.
I hope this helps.
Jennifer Engel Fisher
Weinfeld Education Group