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That doesn't sound right. The provider needs to follow the protocol of the test they are doing. It shouldn't take 6 months to get through the observation portion because of restrictions the school wants to put on observation time. Can you change the title of this to include 'California' since they seem to have a lot of rules that the other 49 states don't have. This is definitely a CA specific question and I'm not sure how to answer this. This link (https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/se/lr/om031121.asp) says: LEAs may not impose other conditions or timelines that are inconsistent with the LEA’s criteria used to initiate its own evaluations and/or would deny the student’s and parent’s right to obtain an IEE at public expense. If the LEA only allows their evaluators 1 hour a month of observation, then they can restrict this on the IEE is what this seems to say.

What is your end goal? Do you believe he needs specially designed instruction, or just accommodations for the sensory issues?

The way IDEA is written, Child Find is on the school. Schools can & do sent out requests to parents for them to OK a sp ed eval to happen for their child. Has the school done this? The next time the parent tells you they want an IEP, I'd take that as a verbal request for a sp ed eval to be put in motion. (My state, PA, even has timelines on when this has to happen.) The next time this mom asks for an IEP, tell them that the school can reach out to her but she needs to provide a written OK for a sp ed assessment. That's the 1st step in the IEP process. (It is a complicated process. I know I didn't understand that when I saw my child had needs for sp ed.)