School Advocate to Kansas Parents

More and more I see parents of children with disabilities who have been bamboozled by the inflated egos of certain public school administrators.  It seems the status quo is what the system seeks for their student, although the parent assumes and expects that “specialized”  instruction is being provided to the “special” child.

The first quarter of a school year has passed;  here’s some recent observations:

• a second grade students’ mother learned the specialist who was suppose to meet quarterly with the girls’ teachers had not done so.
• A first grader who was suppose to have someone assist him on/off the bus due to neurological problems supposedly had someone watching him from afar.
• Another school district tells parents that their student gets “full direct supervision” in response to a parent requesting an aide for the student (what student in a public school doesn’t get “full direct supervision”?).
• A dad indicates to a school that he wants his child to be “more independent”.  The school interprets this to mean less support from the paraprofessional; as a result the student lags further behind academically.
• A district claims they use research-based curriculum for a specific group of children;  however,  the district cannot provide documentation that the  curriculum they purported being used was purchased by the district in years.
• Administrators tell staff that only “building paraprofessionals exist” for our kids; no longer will one-on-one or personal paras be offered.  I see this tactic often used to mislead parents so that the school can eliminate personnel payroll.

No longer can parents trust that their child’s needs are adequately addressed at the school; the system responds to parents who know what to ask and to whom/when to ask it.

A professional advocate is available for parents to negotiate IEP concerns and prepare for school meetings and suspensions. There are avenues other than due process parents may choose to pursue!  http://bit.ly/iepconsult

©2018-2023 Special Education Parent’s Advocacy Link LLC dba The IEP Center™  are not attorneys and do not give legal advice. We do not represent anyone. Consult an attorney.  We are civil rights advocates who support parents with special education issues for parents who have children with special needs involved with the public school.  We provide service at low cost.  Yep; we are not affiliated with any government agency.

child advocates can go to IEP meeting with parent in Kansas

A parent can take to IEP meetings whomever the parent may invite according to special ed  (IDEA) regulations.

Some parents take family members, some parents take case managers from other agencies.  Taking someone is better than taking nobody.

However, who you take with you makes a difference.  In my experience, parents who took case managers from other agencies experienced the status quo from school district personnel.  After all, most case managers knowledge and experience with school districts is similar to how parents are treated regardless, and the school may know how to bamboozle them.  You and your case manager walk away from the IEP meeting assuming the meeting was productive which may not be reality.

Our advocates are familiar with the tactics school districts use to keep parents at bay which  results in the child receiving a minimal “schooling” of our child.  Over the years many parents expressed to our advocates the parent was treated with respect and much differently than before.

The IEP Center advocates are aware of information parents can use to work the system and not be bamboozled.

Has your advocate ever successfully participated in a special ed “mediation”? We have! We have been involved in mediation where the outcomes are agreeable to the parent. The public doesn’t learn of those outcomes since mediation  (free under IDEA) is confidential. Hmmm.  Mediation is not like an IEP meeting.

Don’t be bamboozled!   Parents who are serious about their child’s schooling and tired of being bamboozled use advocates at The IEP Center.  Parents who are serious about their child’s education use The IEP Center in Shawnee Mission, Olathe, Blue Valley and Leavenworth schools.

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Special Ed pitfalls the first weeks of new school year Kansas

Here’s some common instances that happen the first weeks of public school that work against our children with special needs:

1. All the teachers and staff who work with our child are unaware the child has an IEP or 504 plan.
2. Student wasn’t offered to preview the facility or learn the layout of the building prior to the doors opening for the year.
3. Staff doesn’t know how to work with behaviors related to our child’s disability.
4. Bus drivers/helpers interpret behaviors as worthy of suspension from bus.
5. School staff doesn’t report to parent the four items (above).

Don’t be bamboozled by the school!   Visit our website to set a phone consult; 

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Advocates at Special Education Parent’s Advocacy Link LLC dba the IEP Center™ support parents with these civil rights’ concerns in public schools.

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IEP meetings: what parents aren’t told Kansas

IEP students who have difficulty at public school who are often sent home, sent to in-school suspension (ISS), or out-of-school suspension (OSS) may not be in the right program, yet the public school doesn’t offer a “right” program. This predicament is addressed by Congress when Congress arranged for mediation between parents and schools.  Mediation is where parents can take more control of the problems with the public school.

Often a Kansas IEP team doesn’t or won’t think beyond the routine in their building.  Serious matters require using a different approach to achieve reasonable outcomes for a student and mediation is where this can happen; mediation participants are not the usual IEP meeting attendees.

Schools may lead parents to believe that “due process” is the only option for the parent to pursue; this is not true.  A parent is being gracious to the district when participating in mediation rather than pursuing other avenues.

Advocate at The IEP Center is experienced in special ed mediation in Kansas; it’s an efficient and often quick way to resolve issues.

Don’t be bamboozled by the school!  Our advocates inform parents about what Congress has for parents to help your child.  Visit our website to set a phone consult;  iepkansas.review

Advocates at The IEP Center help parents solve IEP problems by providing information so they can advocate for the child with special needs.  Don’t be bamboozled!  Waiting and hoping for problems to go away allows our children to regress.  Hoping the problem will go away will only delay the problem.

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IEP meetings in Kansas go nowhere for special education student

Student struggles with going to public school and doesn’t want to go anymore.  Parent requests and attends IEP meetings where solutions offered are not addressing student’s needs.  Repeated meetings do not lead to productive outcomes.

One way to avoid repeated fruitless IEP meetings is to take it out of that sphere and to a level where the players are different, the parent  has more clout, and the game is different:  mediation. Congress put mediation in place for us (parents) and it’s where parents can allow the district to “make up” for the district’s past errors.  A mediator is provided free by the state.  MEDIATION IS NOT LIKE AN IEP MEETING!

Parents who had more than one meeting over the same topics with no positive results can consider mediation–it’s relatively quick compared to other approaches.

Contact our advocates who are experienced in supporting parents before and during mediation.  Setting up mediation can be tricky!  It’s what parents don’t know that deprive our children of services.

Some districts are difficult to work with, and make it difficult for parents to navigate.  That’s where the advocates at The IEP Center ™ can help. We help parents over the phone, and, often in one hour empower the parent!   Don’t let another semester go by with a child struggling needlessly. To get started, visit the website to set up a one-hour phone consult  www.theiepcenter.com

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