Megan

**UPDATE** the denied my IEE, now we go to due process.

Hi, thank you for your reply. They did send me a PWN stating the following attached. I will definitely be asking for the data to back up their decision. They only observed my son in one class setting. Not any of the others. My son is 13, in 7th grade all advanced placement classes. I’ve told the school multiple times in not concerned with his grades (until recently because he’s not being supported in the executive functioning so he’s constantly losing or forgetting to turn in homework). I’m still waiting from the districts Sr. Director of special education to reach back out to me. Last week we had winter break and she reached out Thursday saying she received the request and would be looking over his evaluations and getting back with me early this week. Still nothing so I’ll be sending a follow up today. The speech evaluation was done virtually and no SLP evaluation or observed him in person. Observations and data was taken from 2/6 teachers and all done in one classroom. No data other than a numbered score and teacher RS were put into the report.

Yes, I did request and IEE. They haven’t responded. Speech is the area of concern. The schools report said he is in “above average” range for Social Pragmatics. The private reports states things like, minimal social interaction, difficulty with social conversational speech, interrupting appropriately, understanding things too literally, low ability to comprehend the various types of communicative intent, paralinguistic signals, lacks understanding in the dynamic nature of social situations and adapts to changes in topics, well below low in expressing cognitive empathy, reading facial expressions, understanding sarcasm, joking appropriately. The other strong area of weakness is executive functioning. The school sees this deficit and is only providing a 504 for it, when it should be targeted with measurable goals as this is a big reason for poor grades.

Forgive my many grammatical errors. I was voice texting and cannot figure out how to delete or edit

Hello https://twemoji.maxcdn.com/2/72x72/1f642.png 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

Hello i’m not sure the correct forum to put this in, so I’m gonna put it here and I’m in the IEP forum as well. last year I requested a formal full, comprehensive evaluation. At the time my son had an ADHD diagnosis from a medical professional. They denied my son, which I just recently found out stating that he did not mean eligibility, because there was no “academic impact”. That is exactly the reason for denial written in the eligibility report. 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. 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 out 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 lack a lot of data leaving just a comment from the evaluate her 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 senior executive Director of special education at my district level? Thank you for any input.

Thank you! It’s hit or miss, while in the class he understands but if that’s a 3rd period class and then he has 3 more periods by the time he comes home he’s lost. There have been times it’s taken 4 hours to do one assignment because he doesn’t understand. Simply by asking for an IEE that will start the reconsideration? Thank you for the link on Executive functioning

Hello https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t4c/1/16/1f642.png I have a 13 year old dx ASD & ADHD. School has done their evaluations and since “his grades are good is not going to give him an IEP”. He currently has a 504 and all accomidations are for my son to complete or do. None are for the school or teachers to check in with him to make sure he has understanding and correct paperwork/assignments. School has done speech eval, OT eval for sensory only and psych eval. Speech Evaluation was done virtually, and I feel lacks a lot of social pragmatics data. I Plan to ask for an IEE. Not one but 2 Private evaluations documents social pragmatic/paralinguistic delays, flat tone/lack of expression, not engaging in conversation, and executive functioning (unorganized, no follow through, misplacing everything), as well as a 3-year delay in fine motor. His un-organization is really starting to hurt his grades. Are there goals the school can provide within an IEP? They say there isn’t anything executive functioning wise they can help with. I’m looking for ideas. **School says they dont help with executive functioning within OT goals...so who would provide those goals? I know the exist. The only goal I have is more of a consultive. Where his caseworker would get with each teacher and see what he is missing. Then meet with my son on say Friday just before school is out and help, he get organized and find or give him what he’s missing. Any ideas or suggestions on how to best ask for a reconsideration and if your child has organization goals how do those look?