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Firstborn: Logical and Fair
On June 21, 2005 the interim superintendent responded to my letter. He said that he would accept my letter as my formal complaint against the learning consultant and investigate the matter IMMEDIATELY! He also directed me to to the Board’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Advocacy, assistive technology, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Disability, Due Process, Dyslexia, Education, firstborn, Free Appropriate Public Education, Independent Educational Evaluations, Individualized Education Program, Learning disability, Parental Concerns, Parental Rights in Special Education, Parenting a child with special needs, Raising a child with special needs, SCHOOL RETALIATION, Sensory integration dysfunction, Special education
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Firstborn: Project Read Trained Teacher
I wrote a letter to the case manager regarding the IEP Draft that I had picked up on June 2, 2005 that was the proposed IEP from the May 27th meeting. I had called for another IEP meeting that was … Continue reading
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Tagged Advocacy, assistive technology, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Disability, Due Process, Dyslexia, Education, firstborn, Free Appropriate Public Education, Independent Educational Evaluations, Individualized Education Program, Learning disability, Parental Concerns, Parental Rights in Special Education, Project Read, Raising a child with special needs, SCHOOL RETALIATION, Sensory integration dysfunction, Special education
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Firstborn: It’s all phonetics!
It was June 2005. My son was still in the process of vision therapy. The children’s desks at school were starting to be emptied out and all their work sent home. I received a writing journal that had been kept … Continue reading
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Tagged Advocacy, assistive technology, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Disability, Dyslexia, Education, firstborn, Free Appropriate Public Education, IEP, Independent Educational Evaluations, Individualized Education Program, Learning disability, Parental Concerns, Parental Rights in Special Education, Parenting a child with special needs, Raising a child with special needs, Sensory integration dysfunction, Third grade, Vision therapy
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Firstborn: FERPA
So I decided to contact the Family Policy Compliance Officer at the United States Department of Education in Washington, D.C.. I explained to him how the child study team hadn’t given me access to the teacher’s notes that had been … Continue reading
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Tagged Advocacy, assistive technology, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Disability, Dyslexia, Education, firstborn, Free Appropriate Public Education, IEP, Independent Educational Evaluations, Individualized Education Program, Learning disability, Parental Concerns, Parental Rights in Special Education, Parenting a child with special needs, Raising a child with special needs, SCHOOL RETALIATION, Sensory integration dysfunction, Third grade
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Firstborn: Bully Mom
So you heard a portion of the IEP meeting on May 27th but let me explain some of the other things that happened at that IEP meeting and after wards to give you a better picture. First off I provided … Continue reading
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Tagged Advocacy, assistive technology, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Disability, Dyslexia, Education, firstborn, Free Appropriate Public Education, IEP, Independent Educational Evaluations, Individualized Education Program, Learning disability, Parental Concerns, Parental Rights in Special Education, Parenting a child with special needs, Sensory integration dysfunction, Special education
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Firstborn: Attorney Client Privileged
So the letters were flying back and forth more then ever. I was becoming an expert documentor and the district was trying to make excuse after excuse to cover their tracks. What I did not know at the time which … Continue reading
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Tagged Advocacy, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Board of education, Dyslexia, Education, firstborn, Free Appropriate Public Education, Individualized Education Program, Parental Rights in Special Education, Parenting a child with special needs, Sensory integration dysfunction, Special education, Vision therapy
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Firstborn: Dear B.O.E.
I thought to myself who better to write to then those who were elected to serve the people. I wrote a letter, looked up every board members home address and sent the letter certified to their homes. November 29,2004 Dear … Continue reading
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Tagged Advocacy, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Board of education, Dyslexia, Education, Free Appropriate Public Education, Individualized Education Program, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Parental Rights in Special Education, Parenting a child with special needs, Sensory integration dysfunction, Special education, Third grade, Vision therapy
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Firstborn: Your Guardian Angel
Thursday, October 28, 2004 8:47 AM I drafted an e-mail to the superintendent. It read, “I have patiently awaited your response to my written request on October 7th. I included all the financial information for the vision therapy as per … Continue reading
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Tagged Advocacy, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Dyslexia, firstborn, Free Appropriate Public Education, guardian angels, Individualized Education Program, Parenting a child with special needs, Sensory integration dysfunction, Special education, Vision therapy, visual processing disorder
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Firstborn: My child needs…
In a letter dated October 7, 2004 I wrote to the superintendent advising him that I had attached a list of my son’s current needs that I had pulled from all the most recent testing ( both the two independent … Continue reading
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Tagged Advocacy, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Dyslexia, firstborn, Free Appropriate Public Education, Individualized Education Program, Parenting a child with special needs, Project Read, Sensory integration dysfunction, Vision therapy
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Firstborn: Due Process Part 1
I was still breastfeeding but I knew I had to prepare for due process for my eldest son. The district’s educational evaluation results were in. My son was re-tested with the Woodcock Johnson 111 Test of Achievement. I looked at … Continue reading
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Tagged Advocacy, Attention Deficit Disorder, Due Process, Dyslexia, Education, First Grade, firstborn, Free Appropriate Public Education, Individualized Education Program, Orton Gillingham, Sensory integration dysfunction, Special education, Standardized test, Woodcock Johnson Test of Achievement
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