{"id":13046,"date":"2017-04-13T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T13:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=13046"},"modified":"2017-04-12T09:39:54","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T13:39:54","slug":"behavior-ot-speech-issues-but-school-takes-away-iep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/behavior-ot-speech-issues-but-school-takes-away-iep\/","title":{"rendered":"Behavior, OT, Speech Issues &#8211; But School Takes Away IEP!"},"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=\"Behavior%2C%20OT%2C%20Speech%20Issues%20-%20But%20School%20Takes%20Away%20IEP%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: 0px solid #000000; margin-left: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/images\/istock\/boy.frustrated.write.jpg\" alt=\"6 year old boy struggling at school\" width=\"179\" height=\"179\" \/>I just had my 6 year old re-evaluated. He has behavioral issues, OT, and Speech and difficulty staying on task. At the meeting they decided to give him a 504 and take away his IEP. He has a BIP in place. I feel railroaded, what can I do?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If the team wants to take your son off the IEP, they have to take specific steps before they can do this.<\/p>\n<p>They are <strong>required to evaluate a child before changing his eligibility<\/strong> for special education.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Evaluations Before Change in Eligibility.<\/strong> (20 U.S.C. 1414(c)(5)). See page 98 in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/store\/selaw2.store.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Wrightslaw: Special Education Law<\/span><\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Did they re-evaluate him before they decided to terminate his eligibility for special education?<\/li>\n<li>Did you give your written consent to the evaluation?<\/li>\n<li>Did the evaluation meet the requirements for evaluations in the IDEA?<\/li>\n<li>What did the evaluation show?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When the school proposes to change, or refuses to change, your child\u2019s status as a \u201cchild with a disability\u201d and an IEP, the school must:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(1) provide you with Prior Written Notice (PWN) that describes what they plan to do.<\/p>\n<p>The school should also provide:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(2) the data that supports their decision and,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(3) what you can do to contest their decision, etc. (20 U.S.C. 1415(c)(1)).<\/p>\n<p>For the requirements for the Content of Prior Written Notice, see page 109 in <em><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Wrightslaw: Special Education Law<\/span><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You need to study and understand the Procedural Safeguards section (Section 1415) of the special education law<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/idea\/index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">IDEA 2004<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This section is intended to protect your child\u2019s rights and your parental rights.<\/p>\n<p>Make it clear \u2013 <em>in writing<\/em> \u2013 that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>you do not agree with the team\u2019s decision to discontinue his special ed services and the IEP<\/li>\n<li>you are requesting that they provide Prior Written Notice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read these articles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=12513\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> Discontinuing Services? Not So Fast!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/pwn.throw.flag.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Throwing the Flag<\/span><\/a>. This article describes Prior Written Notice and <em>includes a sample letter<\/em> than you can tailor to your circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>You have your work cut out for you. You can do it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just had my 6 year old re-evaluated. He has behavioral issues, OT, and Speech and difficulty staying on task. At the meeting they decided to give him a 504 <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/behavior-ot-speech-issues-but-school-takes-away-iep\/\">Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":21695,"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":[5],"tags":[614,1301,1182],"class_list":["post-13046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-idea-2004","tag-bips","tag-eligibility","tag-terminating-ieps"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13046","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=13046"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21732,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13046\/revisions\/21732"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}