{"id":5790,"date":"2011-10-27T12:43:35","date_gmt":"2011-10-27T16:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=5790"},"modified":"2011-11-23T13:10:09","modified_gmt":"2011-11-23T17:10:09","slug":"stuck-in-rti-purgatory-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/stuck-in-rti-purgatory-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuck in RTI Purgatory &#8211; Part 2"},"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=\"Stuck%20in%20RTI%20Purgatory%20-%20Part%202\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>Several weeks ago I responded to a mom who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=5783\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">stuck in RTI purgatory<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 My advice for her was:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/rti.index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Learn all she could about RTI and what RTI is supposed to do<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2<\/strong> (a little more tricky) &#8211; Educate the school people so they understand that the school <strong>is required to evaluate<\/strong> a child for special ed eligibility.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3<\/strong> &#8211; <strong>Learn effective advocacy skills<\/strong>, in addition to learning about RTI and special ed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/elig.index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">eligibility<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Tip:<\/span><\/strong> If your child has a disability and should be found eligible for special education services, you will have to&#8230;<!--more--> negotiate with school personnel for a long time. Unless you are prepared to take your child out of public school and educate him yourself forever, you must learn how to deal with school people.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Learn Effective Advocacy Skills<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>You will find tons of info about how to be a more effective advocate on the Wrightslaw site. Links to help you complete Step 3.<\/p>\n<p>Start by reading articles in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/advo.index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Advocacy<\/span><\/a> section of the site:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/advo.index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/advo.index.htm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/advoc\/articles\/advocacy.intro.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Advocating for Your Child &#8211; Getting Started<\/span><\/a>. Good special education services are intensive and expensive. Resources are limited. If you have a child with special needs, you may wind up battling the school district for the services your child needs. To prevail, you need information, skills, and tools.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/advo.parent.askqs.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Asking the Right Questions<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0How does the school perceive you? Good article about how to ask questions and get better services.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/advoc\/articles\/plan_new_parent.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Game Plan for New Parents<\/span><\/a>. Introductory article; focuses on importance of planning and preparation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=143\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Advocacy Rule #1: Write Things Down When They Happen<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<strong>You can\u2019t wait until the last minute to prepare documentation. <\/strong>Documenting events and conversations later is never as effective or accurate as writing things down, in detail, at the time they occur. Here are some tips for parents, teachers, and paraprofessionals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/heath\/advo.blame.scores.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">My Child&#8217;s Test Scores Dropping, School Doesn&#8217;t Care &#8211; What Can I Do<\/span><\/a> Sue Whitney advises this parent, &#8220;You need a game plan. Before you can devise a game plan, you need to gather information, manage your emotions, and do your homework.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/advo.do.dont.margolis.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Parent Advocacy: What You Should Do &#8211; and Not Do<\/span><\/a>. Good advice from attorney Leslie Margolis about steps parents can take to get quality educational services for their children with disabilities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/howey\/power.mtgs.ltrs.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Understanding the Playing Field<\/span><\/a>. Indiana advocate Pat Howey talks to parents about trust, expectations, power struggles between parents and schools and how to avoid them, the parental role, and the need to understand different perspectives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Repeat reminder: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you can swing it, attend a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/speak\/schedule.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Wrightslaw program about Special Ed Law and Advocacy<\/span><\/a>. The schedule is here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/speak\/schedule.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/speak\/schedule.htm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If no programs are close enough, you can order the books and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/store\/cd.law.advo.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Special Ed law and Advocacy program<\/span><\/a> on a CD ROM:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/store\/cd.law.advo.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/store\/cd.law.advo.html<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=5783\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Stuck in RTI Purgatory &#8211; Part 1<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several weeks ago I responded to a mom who was stuck in RTI purgatory.\u00a0 My advice for her was: Step 1 &#8211; Learn all she could about RTI and what <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/stuck-in-rti-purgatory-part-2\/\">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":[3,352],"tags":[41,814],"class_list":["post-5790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advocacy","category-response-to-intervention","tag-parental-rights","tag-the-power-of-parent-advocacy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5790","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=5790"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6227,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5790\/revisions\/6227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}