Sometimes the threat of a lawsuit is enough to get action.
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>Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 14:07:16 -0600
>From: Virginia Perry <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Adaptive Technology?
>To: [log in to unmask]
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>Thanks, Linda.
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>I'm currently in very polite communication with the team leader, using quotes ("as it says in 4.LA.1.8.3...") from the IEP, in the hopes of catching more flies with honey..... If that doesn't work, we'll try the team meeting with both parents and the case manager (although she's a newb). I'll play pit bull if I need to and will of course research the appropriate laws and stuff. I'd hate to actually GET a lawyer because they're expensive, and we've taken a big financial hit over the past 6 months, but I will do what Daniel needs.
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>Virginia
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>> Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 13:27:47 -0400
>> From: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Adaptive Technology?
>> To: [log in to unmask]
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>> If the economy is forcing them to say she doesn't need it, all I can
>> say is GET A LAWYER for your next IEP meeting and things will change
>> quickly. It is the law to provide appropriate, free education to ALL
>> and if Mary needs AT to be successful, AT she will get, but sometimes
>> it is a hard fight. (I've seen it more than once in my 11 years of
>> elementary teaching experience in a wealthy district in PA. It is
>> the persistent parents that get results and sometimes legal action is
>> what it takes.)
>>
>> Linda Macaulay
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>> On May 5, 2009, at 12:22 PM, Virginia Perry wrote:
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>> > Aaaah, but we're in Idaho. The Assistive Technology team out of
>> > Moscow, which has been supportive of developing technology skills
>> > in my son, with the goal of preparing him for a speech device,
>> > suddenly about-faced last week and said he couldn't possibly use
>> > one (even though he used the Tango just fine). Can anyone say "the
>> > economy"? I bet if voice recognition software/hardware is
>> > expensive, the asst. tech team will "decide" it's not in Mary's
>> > "best interests."
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>> > John,
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>> > mayer-johnson.com has WordQ and SpeakQ for Windows. Is this the
>> > kind of thing you mean?
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>> > Virginia (also in Idaho)
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>> >> Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 09:34:29 -0600
>> >> From: [log in to unmask]
>> >> Subject: Re: Adaptive Technology?
>> >> To: [log in to unmask]
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>> >> Is there an Assistive Technology assessment team in your area? It
>> >> sounds like you are looking for an AT Access assessment, to see
>> >> how best
>> >> your daughter can access both the computer and the curriculum
>> >> content.
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>> >> Hopefully there is someone in your area as an assessment person or
>> >> team
>> >> that you can access.
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>> >> Deb
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>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>> >> Behalf
>> >> Of JOHN RUNER
>> >> Sent: May 5, 2009 7:12 AM
>> >> To: [log in to unmask]
>> >> Subject: Adaptive Technology?
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>> >> My 9 year old daughter=2C Mary now needs voice recognition
>> >> software and
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>> >> dware for school.>
>> >> John Runer
>> >> Challis=2C Idaho
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