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Tag Archives: State Complaint
23. Information To Parents – Given By Parents
I have had many opportunities to meet with others and participate on state and national levels as an advocate, but there are two opportunities that I hold as real honors. Two of those were invitations to participate in summits held by the … Continue reading
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
8. Denial of Least Restrictive Environment
My first attempt at filing a state complaint was to try to find a way to get my son returned to his neighborhood school. (http://nichcy.org/schoolage/disputes/statecomplaint#summary) His placement in the special school program was in a self-contained classroom. When he finally … Continue reading
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Tagged Board of education, Complaint, dads, Education, florida, IEPs, Inclusion, Least Restrictive Environment, LRE, moms, parents, procedural safeguards, School District, special education, State Complaint
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