If you are living in California I would suggest
getting in touch with the local Area Board for people
with developmental disabilities.  They do a great deal
of advocacy in the area of IEP compliance.

--- Viola Faria <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> In a message dated 9/12/99 5:09:02 PM Central
> Daylight Time, [log in to unmask]
> writes:
>
> << on't you have a PPT every year? At 18 your
> daughter should also be part of
>  it--- you are part of the PPT team whose job it is
> to come up with an IEP
>  for the year- you should really be asked to siugn
> off- but some school
>  systems simply ask if you agree, and then record in
> the minutes that there
>  were no dissenting opinions.   If not- go to school
> in the morning and put
>  in a rewquest for a PPT!!!   Joy
>  ---------- >>
> We had 2 I.E.P. meetings since school started.  They
> DID NOT record in the
> minutes that we objected to their proposals, nor did
> they put down what we
> wanted.  Only thing they put down, was what they
> said we were getting.  We
> (my daugher and myself) at no point agreed with
> everything on the I.E.P. nor
> did we sign anything.  They just bulldozed ahead and
> did what they wanted.
>
> At this point it's no use holding another I.E.P.
> meeting because of their
> tactics.  I am starting the process of a "Due
> Process" hearing, thinking of
> passing the due process meeting itself and going on
> to arbritration.
>
> You can't deal fairly with these people, when the
> totally try to violate your
> rights.  Then they act like there is something wrong
> with you for objecting.
> They say "you don't have to sign the I.E.P." in
> order for it to take effect.
> Can you believe that.
>
> Now they don't want to provide appropriate
> transportation for her.  The big
> bus bounces too much for her, and she has a letter
> from a Dr. stating that
> this is harmful to her back.  She had spinal surgery
> about 10 months ago.
> They claim that a small bus bounces even more then a
> big one.  Then they told
> me to hire a cab and pay for it and they would
> reimburse me the expense.
> Then when they saw I wasn't putting up with that,
> they suddenly said THEY
> could provide a cab, but couldn't transport her
> wheelchair.  This option
> could have worked, but the only problem is the type
> of cabs they use here.
> She can't get in them by herself, and it's really
> hard to get in them at all.
>  She wears braces and so her ankles don't move and
> are stiff, when she's off
> balance, she becomes spastic and can't bend very
> well, in fact it's like a
> big stick person (who can't really bend or twist)
> trying to get into a small
> round object.  Then they told me that was my only
> option.
>
> I just can't beliefe the stuff they pull.
>
> Thanks for listening
>
> Vi
>

===
Bill Hyatt
"The shortest distance between two points is.....
 usually not accessible"
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