Should I write a letter to the head of special education at my school district asking that he/she place my child in a resource class and see if it works?
My first advocacy actions on behalf of my son included a letter writing campaign. Looking back, I see that it was probably little more than an effort to make myself a nuisance to the district. It worked. I became a nuisance. You may write that letter but I don’t think the director is going to say “okay, since you wrote me personally, I’ll enroll your child in special education.” What you are asking for is more than just Resource. You are asking for special education eligibility. Eligibility, by law, has to be driven by assessment – which includes observation and the use of standardized assessment instruments. No single measure can be used to deny eligibility and a host of data sources must be used in the eligibility decision. That eligibility decision is an IEP team decision. If the head of special education is not an IEP team member, then that district head is not in a place to make the decision to allow your child to be made eligible for special education. Also, saying that the schoo
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