I’m not sure the correct forum to put this in, so I’m gonna put it here and in the IEP & 504 forum as well.
Last year I requested a formal in writing full comprehensive evaluation. At the time my son had an ADHD diagnosis from a medical professional. They denied my son eligibility following a psychological, Sensory OT evaluations, which I just recently found out stating that he did not meet eligibility, because there was no “academic impact”. That is exactly the reason for denial written in the eligibility report. His grades are good.
Over the summer we had him reevaluated by a psychologist. Since we have a family history of autism, they asked questions which showed markers. He is now diagnosed with autism and ADHD following that private evaluation. I supplied that report to the school this past August and they did further evaluation, MTSS data for communication as he has a social pragmatic/paralinguistic‘s delay.
The school again this past December found him in eligible for an IEP again “ Boston is at or above grade level and therefore no academic impact”.
I reached out because during that eligibility meeting, I questioned their speech evaluation as it was a virtual meeting and not appropriate. It also lacked a lot of data leaving just a comment from the evaluator and no actual data.
I am of course, asking for an IEE. They notated areas of weakness from the private reports, but did not consider them in the eligibility process at all.
However, I let the school know that they wrongfully denied my son eligibility for an IEP, solely on the basis of academics and not of an educational impact. If anybody can give me any insight on what next step should be? Should I file for a new process? Should I reach out to the Sr executive Director of special education at my district level?
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I’m not sure the correct forum to put this in, so I’m gonna put it here and in the IEP & 504 forum as well.
Last year I requested a formal in writing full comprehensive evaluation. At the time my son had an ADHD diagnosis from a medical professional. They denied my son eligibility following a psychological, Sensory OT evaluations, which I just recently found out stating that he did not meet eligibility, because there was no “academic impact”. That is exactly the reason for denial written in the eligibility report. His grades are good.
Over the summer we had him reevaluated by a psychologist. Since we have a family history of autism, they asked questions which showed markers. He is now diagnosed with autism and ADHD following that private evaluation. I supplied that report to the school this past August and they did further evaluation, MTSS data for communication as he has a social pragmatic/paralinguistic‘s delay.
The school again this past December found him in eligible for an IEP again “ Boston is at or above grade level and therefore no academic impact”.
I reached out because during that eligibility meeting, I questioned their speech evaluation as it was a virtual meeting and not appropriate. It also lacked a lot of data leaving just a comment from the evaluator and no actual data.
I am of course, asking for an IEE. They notated areas of weakness from the private reports, but did not consider them in the eligibility process at all.
However, I let the school know that they wrongfully denied my son eligibility for an IEP, solely on the basis of academics and not of an educational impact. If anybody can give me any insight on what next step should be? Should I file for a new process? Should I reach out to the Sr executive Director of special education at my district level?
Thank you for any input
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