{"id":2732,"date":"2010-04-12T12:03:56","date_gmt":"2010-04-12T16:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=2732"},"modified":"2010-04-12T12:03:56","modified_gmt":"2010-04-12T16:03:56","slug":"the-school-just-told-me-they-plan-to-retain-my-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/the-school-just-told-me-they-plan-to-retain-my-son\/","title":{"rendered":"The School Just Told Me They Plan to Retain My Son"},"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=\"The%20School%20Just%20Told%20Me%20They%20Plan%20to%20Retain%20My%20Son\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><blockquote><p>My son with ADHD will be retained this year.\u00a0 He did not receive the services I felt he needed to increase his reading skills. He received an IEP only for expressive and receptive\u00a0 language skills.\u00a0 I have been paying for a tutor to try and help him increase his reading skills.<\/p>\n<p>1. Can I make the school system pay for his tutoring, since poor teaching is the reason he is so far behind?<\/p>\n<p>2. Where can I find the state law about retention?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;ll answer the easy question first. To get your state regulations about retention, find your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yellowpagesforkids.com\/help\/seas.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">state Department of Education<\/span><\/a> contact information on the Yellow Pages for Kids with Disabilities. Ask where you can read a copy of the regs, or request your own copy.<\/p>\n<p>You will need to educate yourself before you can get the school to educate your son.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s how&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Get an Independent Evaluation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You need a private sector evaluation for your child. IDEA calls for the team to use the most recent evaluation. Make sure your evaluation is complete and contains excellent recommendations. Then ask for a\u00a0 meeting of the IEP team to rewrite the IEP based upon this evaluation and its recommendations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Revise the IEP to Meet Your Son&#8217;s Needs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is unlikely the district will pay for private tutoring. You can always write a letter and ask. But concentrate on getting a decent IEP that addresses all of your son&#8217;s needs.\u00a0 Addressing his expressive and receptive language issues is not going to teach him to read.<\/p>\n<p>Neither is retaining him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Educate Yourself<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Information on teaching reading<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/read.index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/read.index.htm<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/nclb\/rbi.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/nclb\/rbi.htm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>P<\/em><em>reventing Reading Failure<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.aft.org\/pubs-reports\/american_educator\/issues\/fall04\/reading.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">http:\/\/archive.aft.org\/pubs-reports\/american_educator\/issues\/fall04\/reading.htm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Information on Writing IEPs<\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/law\/idea\/ieps.rbi.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/law\/idea\/ieps.rbi.htm<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wrightslaw.com\/idea\/art\/10.tips.steedman.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">http:\/\/wrightslaw.com\/idea\/art\/10.tips.steedman.htm<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Information about Grade Retention<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/retain.index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/retain.index.htm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Find Your State Branch of the International Dyslexia Association<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ww2.eventrebels.com\/er\/Chapter\/OnlineChapterByState.jsp?Token=FYLJ8BKH4PXMYSGQBT6Y9USH3J\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/ww2.eventrebels.com\/er\/Chapter\/OnlineChapterByState.jsp?Token=FYLJ8BKH4PXMYSGQBT6Y9USH3J<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Find a Local Chapter of CHADD<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chadd.org\/AM\/Template.cfm?Section=Find_Local_CHADD_Chapters&amp;Template=\/CustomPages\/ChapterLocator\/findchap.cfm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">http:\/\/www.chadd.org\/AM\/Template.cfm?Section=Find_Local_CHADD_Chapters&amp;Template=\/CustomPages\/ChapterLocator\/findchap.cfm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Find Your State Resources in the Yellow Pages<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.yellowpagesforkids.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">http:\/\/www.yellowpagesforkids.com\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Find Your Parent Training and Information Center<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.yellowpagesforkids.com\/help\/ptis.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">http:\/\/www.yellowpagesforkids.com\/help\/ptis.htm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Find Advocates and Attorneys in Your State<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.education-a-must.com\/advocates.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">http:\/\/www.education-a-must.com\/advocates.html<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.copaa.net\/find\/index.php\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">http:\/\/www.copaa.net\/find\/index.php<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My son with ADHD will be retained this year.\u00a0 He did not receive the services I felt he needed to increase his reading skills. He received an IEP only for <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/the-school-just-told-me-they-plan-to-retain-my-son\/\">Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"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":[18,33,1367],"tags":[1307,1310,1300,106,565],"class_list":["post-2732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ieps","category-reading","category-assessments-tests","tag-adhd","tag-independent-evaluations","tag-reading","tag-retention","tag-tutors"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2732","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\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2732"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2810,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2732\/revisions\/2810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}