[Pibe-division] Options on intital IEP--and adviceonbeginninghigh need

Fri Sep 4 18:30:36 UTC 2009

Utilize Section 300.323 of the IDEA 2004 entitled When IEPs must be in effect which states "At the beginning of each school year, each public agency must have in effect, for each child with a disability within it's jurisdiction, an IEP...".   The child inarguably qualifies for special education support.  The 30 day diagnostic IEP is what schools typically use when they have no records on a child to work from and thus need to begin some services and evaluation simultaneously. 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Carrie Gilmer 
  To: 'Professionals in Blindness Education Division List' 
  Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 10:58 AM
  Subject: Re: [Pibe-division] Options on intital IEP--and adviceonbeginninghigh need

  I am aware of this vaguely but have been unable so far to find the law section that reads specifically "diagnostic" IEP , can you point to it?

  Carrie 

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  From: pibe-division-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:pibe-division-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Denise Colton
  Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 11:39 AM
  To: Professionals in Blindness Education Division List
  Subject: Re: [Pibe-division] Options on intital IEP--and advice onbeginninghigh need

  Carrie,

  A thirty day diagnostic IEP can be written for students for whom it is obvious they qualify for special education but have not yet been evaluated.  Special education staff use this period to provide instruction, assess, and thus develop a better informed IEP at the end of the 30 days.  

  Denise

  Denise Lowry Colton, PhD.
  Psychologist
  Park City Learning & Behavior Clinic, Inc.
  2700 Homestead Rd Suite 151
  Park City, Utah 84098
  435.615.1407 (office)
  435.649.9561 (fax)
  dlcolton at parkcity.net

    ----- Original Message ----- 

    From: Carrie Gilmer 

    To: 'Professionals in Blindness Education Division List' 

    Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 8:16 AM

    Subject: [Pibe-division] Options on intital IEP--and advice on beginninghigh need

    Hi All,

    Help/advise or experience here GREATLY appreciated:

    Background is limited to this:

    11 year old turning 12 in a few weeks

    Sighted until age nine: total vision loss due to hydrogen explosion (massive facial burns and scarring/father killed in explosion)

    Mandarin speaker, only here from China to new family since July 09

    School background is very sketchy: moved a lot and lots of tension in divorce and back and forth-most consistent school was perhaps in American medical foster care the last 18 months before he came here Socialization: he seems to be much much younger emotionally right now (not surprisingly)

     We know: he can write his name in print in Chinese, shows some understanding letters make words and very basic counting 

    Can do self care (bath, dress, feed, etc) and has been doing chores as other siblings in America since he came

    Picking up on English-showing signs of intelligence/brightness at home

    He wants to go to school like his new siblings, he wants to learn-asking why they could start but not him yet.

    Problem: parent wants to ease him in, he needs to be evaluated and initial IEP--

    Thinking of partial days and ELL first few weeks (also has a plastic surgery scheduled in a few weeks so he will have some lost time after starting if he starts in the next week or two)- school is offering homeschool general ed instruction as an option and ELL as he is comfortable at school to begin-(I am unsure what the general ed with no blindness experience would do with him at home-we have not gotten that far yet as far as the school knowing WHAT they would do-only that it is possible to do it)-what are the school's options to provide service during intital eval and IEP development?

    How can we get some service during the eval period-from day one upon entering the school? i.e. a para, some orientation to the classroom and building, some rudimentary "pre-braille" or alphabet instruction-so he is not just sitting unengaged in the hour or so he may be in the classroom-also for accommodations/access for ELL

    Would we do 504 or does he meet eligibility as blind student and an intitial baseline IEP can be written for during eval period? Anybody have anything like this intital to get some service going right away? Or would you do only Ell during eval period and wait to send him (could be at least two months) until full IEP off evals for any service?

    Thanks! 

    Carrie Gilmer 

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