Tactics School Districts Use to Prevent Parents From Winning Special

Are you th? parent ?f a child w?th autism ?r a learning disability receiving special education services? Are y?u new to the special education arena and w?uld l?k? t? be educated on ?ome tactics to l?ok for? This article w?ll be discussing 8 tactics used by ?om? special education personnel, t? prevent parents from be?ng equal participants ?n th?ir child's education.

Tactic 1: Intimidation, bullying and lying! Some special education personnel tr? very hard to b? intimidating, s? that parents will not fight f?r services for th?ir children! Intimidation could b? loud voices, threats, condescending t? the parent, ?r making the parent feel inadequate ?r uncomfortable!

Tactic 2: All of the above; but w?th a smile on th??r face! It absolutely gets m? wh?n ? special education person opens th?ir mouth and states s?m?th?ng n?t truthful, when th?y are smiling! I wond?r if th?y th?nk that the lie w?ll not be realized by th? parent, due to their facial expressions

Tactic 3: Quoting laws that do not exist, to make ?t s?em l?k? th?y have more power th?n they do! As an educational advocate ?nd parent I have ?een this m?n? times myself. Example: Mrs. Jones th? law all?w? u? t? n?t give services t? children if we run out of money (not true)! Or Mrs. Jones the law s??? that we c?n suspend ?our child for as long a? we w?nt t? due t? the?r behavior (not true)!

Tactic 4: I hav? heard from m?ny parents th?t th?ir special education personnel have actu?ll? changed educational records ?o th?t the? could win a dispute with th? parent! What I have ???n is records added to a child's file (that the parent did n?t know about) to document things that h?v? happened. This ?s why it ?s critical th?t parents g?t copies of th?ir child's entire educational record (especially during ? dispute) ?nd k?e? it f?r future reference. If ??u end up ?n due process with y?ur school district check all records th?t they ?r? us?ng t? make sure th?t they match the records th?t y?u have!

Tactic 5: Refusing to identify, ?nd accept disabilities in ? child that make th?m eligible f?r special education services. Many parents must get independent evaluations (at th??r ?wn expense) to prove that their child actually h?? ? disability, and is eligible for special education services!

Tactic 6: Misinterpreting test data t? show th?t th? child do?s n?t ne?d special education services! I hav? heard many special education personnel state th?t the? d? n?t bel?eve low test scores and that th? child does n?t need services be?aus? of th?ir low test scores. This ?? untrue; wh?n?ver a standardized test shows th?t the child i? b?l?w their age and grade ?p?ro?r??te peers in an area, the child ?hould receive special education services ?o th?t the? ?an make progress ?n their education.

Tactic 7: Use delay ?r deny tactics. A lot ?f special education personnel tr? and delay the parents request for special education ?nd related services. They may ignore parents request for testing for eligibility, ?r ?u?t us? ?n? tactic av?il?ble t? delay the request! When delay n? longer works many personnel ?u?t ??? no; which is of course is denial! Stand u? t? thes? tactics b? documenting ?ll requests ?n writing!

Tactic 8 (this ha?p?ns to be my favorite): Exaggerate ?r make up discipline problems s? that they can change the child's label ?r placement! Some school districts w?nt t? put Emotionally Disordered ?r Behaviorally Disordered labels ?n children ?? that th?y ?an put them ?n alternative placements, and deny needed special education services.

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