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Date Posted: 09:27:08 06/28/03 Sat
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In reply to:
Michele Contestable
's message, "Goals and objectives for children that are hearing impaired/deaf and autistic" on 20:56:06 11/01/02 Fri
If your local district does NOT have any specific program for the hearing impaired at the pre-K level, the district is financially responsible for paying the fees to ANY OTHER PROGRAM IN THE AREA that accomodate the child's needs and fulfill the goals on the child's IEP. Anything less (i.e. being made an "example" of by a placement/services that are NOT primarily for pre-K hearing impaired children) is a VIOLATION OF THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT. I would suggest you call around your area and see what type of private programs/therapies exist for your child that you are satisifed with, get a cost list of the services provided, and call the ESE office of your district and speak to the zone administrator and request an IEP meeting with his/her attendance, present the materials on the program, the cost, etc., and tape record the meeting (NEVER SIGN the district's "notes" of meetings, ever, ever, ever! and I mean that!) and request that the district write a check to that institution that can appropriately serve your child until the age where the district claims it has the services for a hearing impaired child. If they refuse at that meeting, keep the copy of the tape, and write a letter to the superintendent outlining that the district has NO services for your child's disability at his/her age level, and that you presented the option to the district at the meeting and they have refused to provide a "free, appropriate public education for your child and that it is a violation of IDEA to do so." Give him/her 10 days to respond back to you in writing as to his/her final determination as to whether the district will concede and pay for the appropriate program (or come up with their alternative). If they refuse, it's time to file a formal complaint with your department of education citing the districts MAJOR violations of IDEA (outline each of them). I think once you report this to the Dept. of Ed., you will then see a check paid to that program for pre-K hearing impaired. DO NOT LET THEM DRAG THIS ON FOR MORE THAN THREE MONTHS. They will desperately try to doubletalk you and take as long as they legally can to answer you, hoping that your child will soon NOT be pre-K age by the time they get around to admitting that they don't have the appropriate program! Give NO ONE less than 30 days to respond to you IN WRITING, ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS IN WRITING, to answer your letters as to what they intend to do for YOUR child to satisfy the legal requirements under IDEA when they, admittedly, can NOT. P.S. Try to write them something where they will write BACK to you now that sort of ADMITS that they're saying they don't have the appropriate program for the child at the pre-K level. You can then take that to either free legal aid attorney (if you qualify) or any special ed attorney and have them file for a due process hearing on the child's behalf (use an expedited hearing!), and pretty much, since they know they dont have an HI pre-K program, they will settle and pay the bill elsewhere to some other facility that DOES have the services. If possible, try to get a special ed advocate for the HI kids to help you draft these things, as if you're familiar with IDEA, you're bound to make critical mistakes the district hopes you do, i.e. deadlines and such. GOOD LUCK!!!
>If anyone can help - we ar going through a tough IEP
>for our three year old regarding placement
>options,etc. They don't have any classes for the
>hearing impaired/deaf here in Chico, Ca at the
>pre-school level. We are sort of being made the
>exsample...................... Any helpful
>information would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thank You,
>
>Michele
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