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Tag Archives: father to father
20. I Cannot Become Complacent But Must Remain Vigilant
I became involved in this grassroots parent civil rights movement, as most do, because of my own immediate needs for my son. I was able to resolve his issues within the first year. Subsequent IEP meetings were never an issue once I … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Case Law, Disability, IEPs, IFSP, Inclusion, Least Restrictive Environment, Parent Involvement, Public School, Special Education
Tagged Board of education, Brown v. Board of Education, Civil rights movement, Disability Law, father to father, florida, Free Appropriate Public Education, Judith Heumann, parent advocacy, special education, Supreme Court, United States
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18. Persistence, Interpretation and Acronyms!
I had made some changes in policy and services in my community applying things I had read and learned from others. My son had settled in and all the other children with hearing impairments had been placed in age and grade … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Behavior Plan, Deafness, Disability, Emotion, IEPs, Inclusion, Least Restrictive Environment, Parent Involvement, Public School, Special Education
Tagged ADHD, Advocacy, Deafness, father to father, florida, hearing impairment, High school, IEPs, Inclusion, Least Restrictive Environment, parent involvement, Public School, special education, special education parents moms dads children disability disabilities florida central
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17. Reflections of the ESE Policeman!
I soon realized that we as parents had no established vehicle to participate in the decision making process on a district t or even site based level. I read about the passage of Goals 2000. (GOALS 2000 – Educate America) … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Disability, Emotion, Evaluation, Inclusion, Least Restrictive Environment, OCR Complaint, Parent Involvement, Procedural Safeguards, Public School, Special Education
Tagged Complaint, Education reform, father to father, florida, Inclusion, NICHCY, OCR, parent involvement, special education
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16. OCR Investigation Is Complete. Back to The Neighborhood School!
The day finally arrived when I went to the mailbox and peered inside to find a fat letter with a return address from the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in Atlanta, Georgia. I opened it and began to read. OCR … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Deafness, Disability, Emotion, IEPs, Inclusion, Least Restrictive Environment, OCR Complaint, Parent Involvement, Public School
Tagged Advocacy, Deafness, father to father, hearing impairment, IEPs, Inclusion, Least Restrictive Environment, Office of Civil Rights Complaint, parent advocacy, parent involvement, special education parents moms dads children disability disabilities florida central
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15. Committed to Sharing Information and Resources
I returned home with renewed purpose empowered with all this new information and now a job to provide it to other parents. I also had the new tools of the computer and internet and email. I surfed the web reading … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Disability, IEPs, Inclusion, OCR Complaint, Parent Involvement, Public School, Special Education
Tagged Advocacy, father to father, florida, hearing impairment, IEP, Inclusion, Office of Civil Rights Complaint, parent advocacy, parent involvement, Public School, special education, Support group
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14. Pamphlets, Resources, Parents and a Computer Guru!
Still no word from OCR and the school year had come to a close. My son returned home and went off to summer school but with an extra five hours a day minus bus time to spend and was back … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Deafness, Disability, Emotion, IEPs, Inclusion, OCR Complaint, Parent Involvement, Public School, Special Education
Tagged Advocacy, Deafness, disability, Emotion, father to father, florida, hearing impairment, IEPs, Inclusion, Office of Civil Rights Complaint, parent advocacy, parent involvement, Public School, special education, State Complaint
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13. Off to My First Conference
As I patiently awaited the final ruling regarding the transportation issue, http://www.ped.state.nm.us/seo/library/transguide.pdf I continued to network and learn. The closest established resource was Parent to Parent of Miami and I joined them and was receiving their newsletter, (http://www.ptopmiami.org/) which listed some … Continue reading
12. I Was An Informed Parent, And A Force To Be Reckoned With!
The complaint was filed and we would have to await the ruling. The length of time for the complaint investigation to be processed by OCR was considerably longer than that under the State complaint. http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/ocrcpm.html) OCR can extend that time … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Disability, IEPs, Inclusion, OCR Complaint, Parent Involvement, Public School
Tagged Advocacy, Deafness, disability, Emotion, father to father, florida, hearing impairment, IEPs, Inclusion, Office of Civil Rights Complaint, parent advocacy, parent involvement, Public School, special education, State Complaint
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11. Learning More About Section 504
The next attempt at advocating for my son was to look at basic civil rights law. I read about Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and how it was an equal access law (http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/faqs.html). It was a comparison between children … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Deafness, Disability, Emotion, Inclusion, OCR Complaint, Parent Involvement, Procedural Safeguards, Public School
Tagged Advocacy, Deafness, disability, Emotion, father to father, florida, hearing impairment, IEPs, Inclusion, Office of Civil Rights Complaint, parent advocacy, parent involvement, Public School, special education, State Complaint, Support group
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9. Father to Father Support is Born
Our continued pressure on the School Board had drawn the attention of the local media and several articles had appeared in our local newspaper. The public disclosure brought out support from our community in trying to bring our children back. … Continue reading
