My point, exactly, Michael. :)


Linda Macaulay




On May 5, 2009, at 4:17 PM, Michael H. Collis wrote:

> Sometimes the threat of a lawsuit is enough to get action.
>
> ---- Original message ----
>> 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]
>>
>> Thanks, Linda.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> Virginia
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 13:27:47 -0400
>>> From: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Re: Adaptive Technology?
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>
>>> 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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>>> 717-575-2518 (cell)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On May 5, 2009, at 12:22 PM, Virginia Perry wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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."
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> John,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> mayer-johnson.com has WordQ and SpeakQ for Windows. Is this the
>>>> kind of thing you mean?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Virginia (also in Idaho)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 09:34:29 -0600
>>>>> From: [log in to unmask]
>>>>> Subject: Re: Adaptive Technology?
>>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Hopefully there is someone in your area as an assessment person or
>>>>> team
>>>>> that you can access.
>>>>>
>>>>> Deb
>>>>>
>>>>> -----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?
>>>>>
>>>>> My 9 year old daughter=2C Mary now needs voice recognition
>>>>> software and
>>>>> har=
>>>>> dware for school.>
>>>>> John Runer
>>>>> Challis=2C Idaho
>>>>>
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