Surely you have reached this point where you have discovered that your child needs Special Education. Surely you have to find a place where you receive the best care and education. Many parents go through this process after evaluating their children and finding out if they have any type of disability. For many families It is a procedure that is not easy and many centers do not approve of the child having to go to a specialized center.
However, these General Education centers approve and recognize that the child has a disability but does not give in to their being able to go to specialized centers. Given the case, these centers do not respond in providing a special education service but perhaps Yes to be able to approve a private teacher for their care.
When the center refuses to evaluate your child
If in the first case the center refuses to evaluate your child, there are two possibilities that can be done immediately:
- Information may be requested from the school system on policies that are implanted on the special education of each center. There is material and documents describing the steps to be determined by parents to make other decisions if the center has been challenging.
- Contact the PTI (Parent Training and Information Center), is a Training and Information Center for Parents where parents can learn more about how this type of special education can be given and where, what are their rights and responsibilities under the law. From here they can be described what are the steps that can be taken.
If your child is already chosen for special education
Your child can already be integrated into a specialized special education center and from here instructions and steps are provided to meet the person's needs. It will be determined that this type of education starts from a specialized and regular classes for its development. The center where you can go to start your course will be determined.
You have to know that these types of special services are provided at no cost, since by law it is required that all children who need to go to public schools must do so and receive a type of education, whether special or not, but which is public and free.
The next step will be that in this center the student is evaluated by the Individualized Education Program (IED) where the type of education you will need will be designed. The IEP has two purposes: that the child reaches all those goals that he needs for his learning and development, and provide him with all the services and support that can be offered.
These students receive an education where a series of services are provided, with speech and language therapy, physical and occupational therapy, counseling and psychology services. You can also offer some type of transportation to go to the center.
What Happens When Parents Disagree For Special Education?
If your child has been chosen to attend a special education center and the parents do not agree, can be opposed with full agreement. There is no obligation even if the child is taking and wants to cancel their course at any time.
However, if the parents later decide to have the child go back to special education, they will have to repeat the evaluation process that was done at the beginning.
If they decide that the child has to attend a general education center it must be respected in every way. You just have to evaluate that your child's learning method will be different from the rest and we must ensure that the child does not feel overwhelmed and overwhelmed at any time.
