{"id":12513,"date":"2015-06-18T09:00:15","date_gmt":"2015-06-18T13:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=12513"},"modified":"2015-06-01T16:54:36","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T20:54:36","slug":"discontinuing-services-not-so-fast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/discontinuing-services-not-so-fast\/","title":{"rendered":"Discontinuing Services? Not So Fast!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"Discontinuing%20Services%3F%20Not%20So%20Fast%21%21\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; float: right; margin-left: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/images\/istock\/girl.teen.blond.write.jpg\" alt=\"school girl writing\" width=\"150\" height=\"216\" \/>My 12 yr old daughter has had an IEP for 5 years for deficits in written communication skills.\u00a0 A year before we were scheduled for a triennial evaluation, the school requested a data review.<\/p>\n<p>Since she makes As and does well in school, the school intends to drop her IEP and discontinue services.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>NOT SO FAST! <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The school cannot unilaterally discontinue your daughter\u2019s special education services unless you go along.<\/p>\n<p>You need to be an effective advocate for your daughter.<\/p>\n<p>Learn the legal requirements for eligibility.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure you understand how eligibility decisions are made.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Comprehensive Evaluation <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Before the school determined that your child WAS eligible for special ed services, they were required to do a comprehensive evaluation<\/strong> and assess all areas of suspected disability.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Before the school can determine that your daughter is NOT eligible for special ed services, they are required to do a comprehensive evaluation<\/strong> and assess all areas of suspected disability.<\/p>\n<p>Has the school completed this comprehensive evaluation?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Do you have a copy?<\/li>\n<li>Do you agree with the findings?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you don\u2019t agree, you may need to get an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/test.iee.steedman.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">independent educational evaluation<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Please read this article about \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/heath\/elig.eval.read.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Terminating Eligibility<\/span><\/a>\u201d now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My 12 yr old daughter has had an IEP for 5 years for deficits in written communication skills.\u00a0 A year before we were scheduled for a triennial evaluation, the school <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/discontinuing-services-not-so-fast\/\">Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,35,529,1367],"tags":[1301,31,1299,1259],"class_list":["post-12513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advocacy","category-eligibility","category-parent-rights-responsibilities","category-assessments-tests","tag-eligibility","tag-evaluations","tag-ieps","tag-written-communication-skills"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12513"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12805,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12513\/revisions\/12805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}