I got a call today from Samantha's vice principal. She informed me that they WOULD allow Sam's ABA to come in daily during nap time and work with Samantha in a separate room. They however, did not feel that if the ABA was going to be there daily that they needed to write in the IEP that she would be in for monthly observations. Fine by me! We got the victory we were praying for and didn't have to engage the district directly for it.
Finally I feel like I can sigh a little bit of relief. I will just be happy when the IEP is finally signed and in effect. While I feel much better I am still not fully relaxed yet. Either way, today was a good day with really really good news!
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Feeling the Burn-out of My Patience Coming On...
I am still in the back and forth stage of Samantha's IEP. The school uses this ridiculous computer program to write goals and IEPs. The way they are written is completely insane. For example: "Samantha will increase her expressive vocabulary by 50 words." Now just how on earth are they going to measure that??? It's not like they have a current list of her vocabulary, or 50 set words she will learn over the next year. Under every single goal for method of evaluation it says "Teacher Observation." That's all well and good, but what happens if the teacher leaves or we move. There is nothing documented or any notable data collected! The list of absurdities goes on and on for 7 pages.
For services Sam is getting 15 min 3 times a week of small group speech therapy, which based on what the SLP told me, focuses more on concepts than it does speech or language. When I inquired about 1:1 sessions, I was informed that the SLP is working both this school and the middle school and since Sam gets private therapy she will be fine. What the hell? How is their lack of staffing my problem?
I never did get anything from the district Special Ed. director regarding the "policy" about in-class observation. Now I am waiting to hear from her about Sam's ABA being allowed to offer service from 1-2pm while the rest of the class naps since not once has Samantha actually napped at school. I have little faith that I will hear anything back anytime soon. I feel like they have the attitude of just ignore this mom and she'll go away.....little do they know the longer they put me off the more pissed off I am getting.
Ok, I'm getting all worked up again and really want to cool off before going to bed. I'll update this more later, when I'm less likely to say something really offensive.
For services Sam is getting 15 min 3 times a week of small group speech therapy, which based on what the SLP told me, focuses more on concepts than it does speech or language. When I inquired about 1:1 sessions, I was informed that the SLP is working both this school and the middle school and since Sam gets private therapy she will be fine. What the hell? How is their lack of staffing my problem?
I never did get anything from the district Special Ed. director regarding the "policy" about in-class observation. Now I am waiting to hear from her about Sam's ABA being allowed to offer service from 1-2pm while the rest of the class naps since not once has Samantha actually napped at school. I have little faith that I will hear anything back anytime soon. I feel like they have the attitude of just ignore this mom and she'll go away.....little do they know the longer they put me off the more pissed off I am getting.
Ok, I'm getting all worked up again and really want to cool off before going to bed. I'll update this more later, when I'm less likely to say something really offensive.
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