I need to write an assessment to the school district..?

Question

What exactly can I write down so my son can get a free speech assessment test as soon as possible? I went there to ask for an assessment for my son, but I haven't heard anything from them, and its already been 2 weeks.. By the way, he's 6 years old now.. The catholic school he goes to doesn't have a speech therapist, I have to go to a public school to get an eval. Thanks..

Answer 1

usually a simple letter stating

I am requesting an evaluation by the Child Study Team to determine eligibility for special education and related services for my child due to concerns with his language development-I believe tehy have 20 days to respond once you sned the letter...

You don't need to make your case-you just need to say that you are concerned about his skills

Answer 2

Be assertive, not aggressive

The squeaky wheel still gets the grease

If you hit a road block at a particularly school, contact the member for your area on the school board

Get to know "no child left behind"

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=no+chil...

Answer 3

Michigan's State Procedural Safeguards and Rules

PRIOR WRITTEN NOTICE

34 CFR §300.503

Notice

Your school district (the term “school district,” as used in this Notice, includes a

public school academy) must give you written notice (provide you certain

information in writing), whenever it:

1. Proposes to initiate or to change the identification, evaluation, or educational

placement of your child, or the provision of a free appropriate public

education (FAPE) to your child; or

2. Refuses to initiate or to change the identification, evaluation, or educational

placement of your child, or the provision of FAPE to your child.

Content of notice

The written notice must:

1. Describe the action that your school district proposes or refuses to take;

2. Explain why your school district is proposing or refusing to take the action;

3. Describe each evaluation procedure, assessment, record, or report your

school district used in deciding to propose or refuse the action;

4. Include a statement that you have protections under the procedural

safeguards provisions in Part B of the IDEA;

5. Tell you how you can obtain a description of the procedural safeguards if the

action that your school district is proposing or refusing is not an initial

referral for evaluation;

6. Include resources for you to contact for help in understanding Part B of the

IDEA;

7. Describe any other choices that your child’s individualized education program

(IEP) Team considered and the reasons why those choices were rejected;

and

8. Provide a description of other reasons why your school district proposed or

refused the action.

PARENTAL CONSENT

34 CFR §300.300

Consent for initial evaluation

Your school district cannot conduct an initial evaluation of your child to determine

whether your child is eligible under Part B of the IDEA to receive special education

and related services without first providing you with prior written notice of the

proposed action and without obtaining your consent as described under the

heading, Parental Consent — Definition.

Your school district must make reasonable efforts to obtain your informed consent

for an initial evaluation to decide whether your child is a child with a disability.

Your consent for initial evaluation does not mean that you have also given your

consent for the school district to start providing special education and related

services to your child.

Documentation of reasonable efforts to obtain parental consent

Your school must maintain documentation of reasonable efforts to obtain parental

consent for initial evaluations, to provide special education and related services for

the first time, to reevaluation and to locate parents of wards of the State for initial

evaluations. The documentation must include a record of the school district’s

attempts in these areas, such as:

1. Detailed records of telephone calls made or attempted and the results of

those calls;

2. Copies of correspondence sent to the parents and any responses received;

and

3. Detailed records of visits made to the parent’s home or place of employment

and the results of those visits.

Other consent requirements

Your consent is not required before your school district may:

1. Review existing data as part of your child’s evaluation or a reevaluation; or

2. Give your child a test or other evaluation that is given to all children unless,

before that test or evaluation, consent is required from all parents of all

children.

Your school district may not use your refusal to consent to one service or activity to

deny you or your child any other service, benefit, or activity.

Part B Procedural Safeguards Notice 8

If you request an IEE, the school district must provide you with information about

where you may obtain an IEE and about the school district’s criteria that apply to

IEEs.

Definitions

IEE means an evaluation conducted by a qualified examiner who is not employed by

the school district responsible for the education of your child.

Public expense means that the school district either pays for the full cost of the

evaluation or ensures that the evaluation is otherwise provided at no cost to you,

consistent with the provisions of Part B of the IDEA, which allow each state to use

whatever state, local, federal, and private sources of support are available in the

state to meet the requirements of Part B of the Act.

Parent right to evaluation at public expense

You have the right to an IEE of your child at public expense if you disagree with an

evaluation of your child obtained by your school district, subject to the following

conditions:

1. If you submit a written request for an IEE of your child at public expense,

your school district must respond, in writing, to the request within seven

calendar days of the receipt of the request, indicating the district’s intent to

either: (a) provide the IEE at public expense; or (b) file a due process

complaint to request a hearing to show that it’s evaluation of your child is

appropriate.

2. If your school district requests a hearing and the final decision is that your

school district’s evaluation of your child is appropriate, you still have the right

to an IEE, but not at public expense.

3. If you request an IEE of your child, the school district may ask why you

object to the evaluation of your child obtained by your school district.

However, your school district may not require an explanation and may not

unreasonably delay either providing the IEE of your child at public expense or

filing a due process complaint to request a due process hearing to defend the

school district’s evaluation of your child.

4. If an IEE that you obtain does not meet the school district’s criteria, the

school district may file a due process complaint. If the final decision in the

hearing is that the evaluation did not meet the school district’s criteria, public

reimbursement of the expense of your IEE may be denied.

You are entitled to only one IEE of your child at public expense each time your

school district conducts an evaluation of your child with which you disagree.

Parent-initiated evaluations

If you obtain an IEE of your child at public expense or you share with the school

district an evaluation of your child that you obtained at private expense:

1. Your school district must consider the results of the evaluation of your child,

if it meets the school district’s criteria for IEEs, in any decision made with

respect to the provision of a FAPE to your child; and

2. You or your school district may present the evaluation as evidence at a due

process hearing regarding your child.

Requests for evaluations by an administrative law judge

If an administrative law judge (ALJ) requests an IEE of your child as part of a due

process hearing, the cost of the evaluation must be at public expense.

School district criteria

If an IEE is at public expense, the criteria under which the evaluation is obtained,

including the location of the evaluation and the qualifications of the examiner, must

be the same as the criteria that the school district uses when it initiates an

evaluation (to the extent those criteria are consistent with your right to an IEE).

Except for the criteria described above, a school district may not impose conditions

or timelines related to obtaining an IEE at public expense.

Contact Michigan’s Parent Training Information Center

http://causeonline.org