My son's annual meeting is coming up and it will be facilitated. I'm totally confused about some things that are going on...
We had a meeting prior to Christmas and the school team agreed to evaluate my son for OT services. We are concerned because my son seems to get overwhelmed at school and is frequenlty putting his head down. He doesn't participate and/or complete work in several classes. I received a draft IEP and it contains a summary of what was done by the OT. She interviewed my son's case manager, reviewed information from an IEE, and gave my son an Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile. As I understand it, the Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile is a self questionairre about responses to certain sensory events. I don't think any classroom observations were done. Although I was provided a draft IEP with a summary, I have not seen an ETR regarding the OT evaluation.
Was my son truly evaluated for OT services? Should I recieve an ETR?
We will have my son's outside providers at this meeting, specifically his psychologist and his private SLP. We are paying out of pocket for these individuals to come to this meeting. One of my son's case managers will not be attending the meeting. I feel like she's a key person that should be at the meeting and that she would benefit from the input from our outside providers. I'm totally confused as to why the school would agree to schedule a facilitated meeting knowing key personnel will not be present.
What would the facilitator think of this? Or, does it matter if key personnel are not present? Please help me make sense of this.
Also, the school had me fill out an online form in preparation for this meeting. There was a section on strengths, and I listed many of his strengths and interests. None of them are included in the profile on the draft IEP. The school team did include some other statements related to transition planning in the IEP. But, my son's strengths are not listed. There are about 6 things listed in his strengths. We're going to bring this up at the meeting. I'm just really confused (and really kind of sad) as to why they wouldn't include this information, especially since they asked for it. Ultimately, I feel like no one on his school team really cares about getting to know him.
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My son's annual meeting is coming up and it will be facilitated. I'm totally confused about some things that are going on...
We had a meeting prior to Christmas and the school team agreed to evaluate my son for OT services. We are concerned because my son seems to get overwhelmed at school and is frequenlty putting his head down. He doesn't participate and/or complete work in several classes. I received a draft IEP and it contains a summary of what was done by the OT. She interviewed my son's case manager, reviewed information from an IEE, and gave my son an Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile. As I understand it, the Adolescent/Adult Sensory Profile is a self questionairre about responses to certain sensory events. I don't think any classroom observations were done. Although I was provided a draft IEP with a summary, I have not seen an ETR regarding the OT evaluation.
We will have my son's outside providers at this meeting, specifically his psychologist and his private SLP. We are paying out of pocket for these individuals to come to this meeting. One of my son's case managers will not be attending the meeting. I feel like she's a key person that should be at the meeting and that she would benefit from the input from our outside providers. I'm totally confused as to why the school would agree to schedule a facilitated meeting knowing key personnel will not be present.
Also, the school had me fill out an online form in preparation for this meeting. There was a section on strengths, and I listed many of his strengths and interests. None of them are included in the profile on the draft IEP. The school team did include some other statements related to transition planning in the IEP. But, my son's strengths are not listed. There are about 6 things listed in his strengths. We're going to bring this up at the meeting. I'm just really confused (and really kind of sad) as to why they wouldn't include this information, especially since they asked for it. Ultimately, I feel like no one on his school team really cares about getting to know him.
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