| If your child is struggling with learning
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| | or not to evaluate your child.
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| or behavior, and these issues are
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| | If your child is deemed to necessitate an
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| impeding their ability to function
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| | evaluation, then a three-pronged
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| optimally in school, you may have to
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| | evaluation will begin. Your child's IQ
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| consider the possibility of a learning
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| | will be assessed, as will be their
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| disability. The good news is that there
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| | learning profile. A background interview
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| are a ton of services available to your
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| | will be conducted during which you'll
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| child, and they're free to access. These
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| | provide all pertinent information on your
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| are called special education and related
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| | child. You'll receive copies of these
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| services.
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| | reports within a 90-day period.
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| First of all, you needn't be upset. As a
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| | You'll reconvene to discuss the results
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| school psychologist, I see approximately
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| | of the assessments within three months.
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| 20% of the student population for one
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| | At that meeting it will be decided
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| reason or another. Services range from
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| | whether or not your child qualifies for
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| In-Class Support to Out-of-District
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| | services, and placement will be discussed
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| Placement, and the range in between is
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| | when the Individualized Education Program
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| significant. There are Resource Center
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| | is devised. You'll have plenty of
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| placements that place your child in a
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| | opportunities to interject and offer your
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| smaller class environment for an extra
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| | opinion - after all, it's your child! If
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| period each day; there are replacement
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| | you disagree with the findings, there are
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| classes that offer a full class period of
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| | procedures you can take. You can refuse
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| instruction in the Resource Center
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| | services altogether. Remember, though,
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| instead of the mainstream environment;
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| | that if your child is found to be
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| there are self-contained classes for
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| | learning disabled your Team may initiate
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| students with more significant learning
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| | a Due Process hearing to implement
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| difficulties.
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| | services if you refuse. There are legal
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| If you suspect your child has a learning
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| | protections for you, and for your Team.
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| disability, your first course of action
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| | Whatever the outcome, at the very least
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| is to request an evaluation. You'll write
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| | you'll have a detailed learning profile
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| a letter to your district's IEP Team and
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| | of your child. You'll be able to get them
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| they'll have a short time period (usually
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| | the help they need. And they'll be better
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| 20 days) to get hold an Identification
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| | off after the process is complete.
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| meeting with you. At that meeting, you'll
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| | Nadine O'Reilly is a school psychologist
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| discuss your child's difficulties with
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| | and Coordinator of Special Services. She
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| the Team, which consists of (at a
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| | creates 100's of special education
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| minimum) a School Psychologist, Social
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| | programs for students with special needs
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| Worker, Regular Education teacher,
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| | each year. She is the author of the IEP
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| Special Education teacher, and district
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| | Resource Guide, and the Section 504
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| representative, which may or may not be
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| | Resource Guide, as well as numerous
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| one of the aforementioned members. At
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| | children's books for toddlers with
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| this meeting it will be decided whether
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| | life-threatening allergies.
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