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This document provides a sample letter for a parent to request that their child be assessed for special education services. The letter begins by stating the parent's concerns about their child's educational progress and requests that the school district conduct a comprehensive assessment in all areas of suspected disability. It notes that an IEP meeting must be scheduled within legal timelines after consent for assessment is given. The letter also requests that the child be evaluated under Section 504 and that the parent receive assessment reports before the IEP meeting. Overall, the letter follows legal guidelines to formally request an initial special education assessment for a child.
This document provides a sample letter for a parent to request that their child be assessed for special education services. The letter begins by stating the parent's concerns about their child's educational progress and requests that the school district conduct a comprehensive assessment in all areas of suspected disability. It notes that an IEP meeting must be scheduled within legal timelines after consent for assessment is given. The letter also requests that the child be evaluated under Section 504 and that the parent receive assessment reports before the IEP meeting. Overall, the letter follows legal guidelines to formally request an initial special education assessment for a child.
This document provides a sample letter for a parent to request that their child be assessed for special education services. The letter begins by stating the parent's concerns about their child's educational progress and requests that the school district conduct a comprehensive assessment in all areas of suspected disability. It notes that an IEP meeting must be scheduled within legal timelines after consent for assessment is given. The letter also requests that the child be evaluated under Section 504 and that the parent receive assessment reports before the IEP meeting. Overall, the letter follows legal guidelines to formally request an initial special education assessment for a child.
INSTRUCTIONAL NOTE: To request assessment to determine whether your child is eligile !or s"ecial education ser#ices$ sumit a %RITTEN LETTER to the School &istrict S"ecial Education &irector' Cc the "rinci"al$ teacher or others in#ol#ed with your child(s education' Tell the school district that you are concerned aout your child(s educational "rogress$ and rie!ly why$ and that you are ma)ing a re!erral !or assessment !or s"ecial education ser#ices' *ou will want to retain +ROO, o! the letter(s deli#ery' Consider sending the letter -return.recei"t requested/ !rom the "ost o!!ice' Or hand deli#er and as) that your letter e date stam"ed and a co"y o! this gi#en to you e!ore you lea#e' Or !a0 your letter and "rint your -success!ul transmission/ !a0 re"ort and !ollow u" y "hone to ensure the letter was recei#ed' A %RITTEN letter triggers an im"ortant timeline under the Indi#iduals with &isailities Act 1I&EA2 law: 3 ,rom the time the school district recei#es your letter$ the school district has 45 calendar days 1not counting large school holidays2 to "resent you with an Assessment +lan !or your consent' 3 ,rom the time you recei#e an Assessment +lan$ you ha#e 45 calendar days 1i! you wish to ta)e them2 to as) all the questions you need to !eel com!ortale to gi#e -in!ormed consent/ y signing the "lan' 3 ,rom the time you consent to the Assessment +lan$ the district has 67 days 1not counting large school holidays2 to assess your child and hold the !irst Indi#iduali8ed Education +lan 1IE+2 meeting' In an initial IE+ meeting$ you and administrati#e$ educational$ and assessor team memers will discuss the assessment results and ma)e a determination whether the child quali!ies !or s"ecial education ser#ices' I! your child quali!ies$ an IE+ document will e de#elo"ed' I! your child is currently enrolled y you in "ri#ate school$ you must request assessment !rom the school district in which the "ri#ate school is located$ e#en i! this is not the district in which you li#e' 1New when I&EA law was reauthori8ed in 977:'2 - - - - - SAMPLE LETTER TAILOR TO YOUR CHILDS NEEDS - - - - - - ;s' <e# <lue =+arent Name> Address City$ State$ ?i" Code Tele"hone Numer &ate =I;+ORTANT: This "rocess is dri#en y timelines' &ate e#erything and note how it was deli#ered@mail or !a0' Email is not recommended> ATTN: ;r' Aary Areen &irector o! S"ecial Education Local Uni!ied School &istrict Address City$ State$ ?i" Code &ear ;r' Areen: I am the "arent o! Bohn <lue$ who is =C> years old and is currently enrolled at the =Regular Elementary School> in the =C> grade' ;y child has not een !unctioning well in school and I am concerned aout his educational "rogress' I am writing to ma)e a re!erral !or assessment !or s"ecial education ser#ices as allowed under the child !ind oligations o! the Indi#iduals with &isailities Act 1I&EA2 and Cali!ornia Education Code Secs' 5679D$ 56E74$ 56E79$ and 56E941a2 and 5 Cali!ornia Code o! Regulations 1C'C'R'2 Sec' E794' Fe may e eligile !or s"ecial education assistance' I am requesting that Bohn e gi#en a com"rehensi#e assessment y the school district in all areas o! sus"ected disaility$ and that an IE+ meeting e scheduled !or him' Some o! my concerns are stated elow' INSTRUCTIONAL NOTE: In e#ery request !or INITIAL assessment$ you should include a "aragra"h requesting that your child also e e#aluated under the "ro#isions o! Section 57: o! the Rehailitation Act !or any -disaling condition/ that would require accommodations and.or ser#ices to enale your child to ene!it !rom "ulic education to the e0tent that students without disailities do' 1Fowe#er$ &O NOT agree to sustitute a 57: Assessment !or a s"ecial education assessment'2 Such a "aragra"h might read as !ollows: As "art o! the assessment "rocess$ I also request that my child e assessed under Section 57: o! the Rehailitation Act o! 4DGE to determine whether he should e identi!ied as handica""ed "ursuant to that law and to determine what$ i! any$ accommodations might e required in his educational "rogram in the e#ent that he does not quali!y !or s"ecial education ser#ices$ or in addition to s"ecial education ser#ices' This is also to request that the =Local Uni!ied School &istrict(s> 57: Coordinator e "resent at the IE+ meeting to discuss the results and recommendations o! the Section 57: assessment' INSTRUCTIONAL NOTE 3 O+TIONAL: *ou may wish to gi#e s"eci!ic e0am"les o! di!!iculties and concerns you$ teachers or doctor ha#e noted' I! you ha#e a s"eci!ic diagnosis$ re"orts or e#aluations already$ you may want to include them with your letter' *ou may want to attach doctor(s documentation or re"ort i! you elie#e this will hel" your school district understand your child(s disaility.needs$ or state that you ha#e this documentation and can ma)e it a#ailale to the school district' *ou may want to include CA Star test results$ sam"les o! written wor)$ re"ort cards$ etc' that su""ort your reasons !or concern' *ou may want to get the classroom teacher to gi#e you concrete e0am"les and wor) "roducts in writing that su""ort the need !or !urther in#estigation o! the child(s "rolems' The U'S' Congress in I&EA law s"eci!ically chose to use the term -educational "rogress$/ a road term to encom"ass all )inds o! "rogress a child is e0"ected to ma)e in school' Concern is not limited to academic "rogress alone' It can mean motor "rolems$ social "rolems$ eha#ior issues$ academic "er!ormance concerns$ sensory o#erwhelm$ etc' <elow are some e0am"les$ ut use your own e0am"les'> Fere are some o! my concerns related to Bohn(s educational "rogress: Testing: ;y child is in : th grade and scoring elow asic in the State tests in math$ des"ite doing all the homewor) and trying his est' ;otor: ;y child has e0treme di!!iculty with !ine motor tas)s and cannot write su!!iciently well to com"lete classroom assignments in the time allotted' <eha#ior.Sociali8ation: ;y child is ha#ing eha#ior di!!iculties that are im"airing his aility to succeed in the classroom en#ironment' ,or e0am"le$ he can(t )ee" his hands to himsel!$ sit still$ can(t resol#e con!licts or sociali8e in an age a""ro"riate way$ he is eing disci"lined regularly$ going to the o!!ice$ etc' S"eci!ic &isaility or Fealth Issues: ;y child has a diagnosis o! 1name disaility such as Autism$ &ysle0ia$ &iaetes$ Se#ere Allergy$ etc'$ i! a""licale'2 This a!!ects his educational success ecause 1e0clusion$ "er!ormance$ etc2' Transition Ser#ices: I am concerned that my child does not ha#e the s)ills necessary to success!ully transition into the community or college a!ter graduation or com"letion o! high school' ,or e0am"le$ he cannot alance a chec)oo)$ ta)e "ulic trans"ortation$ etc' The assessment should e0amine his social$ educational$ emotional$ career and inde"endent li#ing s)ills in order to de#elo" an a""ro"riate transition "lan in his IE+' O+TION: I! you )now "articular areas you thin) need to e assessed or )now s"eci!ic tests your child may need$ you might add e0am"les tailored to your child$ li)e the !ollowing: In addition to the ty"ical school district e#aluations$ I s"eci!ically request that the =Local Uni!ied School &istrict> conduct the !ollowing e#aluations o! my son$ Bohn: An e#aluation y an Augmentati#e and Alternati#e Communications 1AAC2 s"ecialist !or children who are non3#eral communicators' To my )nowledge$ the district does not ha#e on sta!! any e0"erts in this !ield' I ha#e een recommended to =<arara <rown$ +h'&'> in non3#eral communication$ and unless the district has a com"arale e0"ert$ I am requesting that you contract with =&r' <rown> to do the non3#eral communication e#aluation o! my son' An Occu"ational Thera"y 1OT2 assessment to determine how to su""ort Bohn(s need !or "ro"er "ositioning !or learning due to his ortho"edic im"airment$ and to hel" su""ort his high sensiti#ity to sensory stimuli' An Assisti#e Technology 1AT2 assessment to determine the a""ro"riate tools$ strategies and ser#ices that may e necessary to assist my child in accessing and ene!iting !rom his educational "rogram' A ,unctional <eha#ioral Assessment 1,<A2 to determine the triggers and !unction o! my son(s eha#ioral di!!iculties in order to de#elo" a +ositi#e <eha#ioral Su""ort +lan 1<S+2 and goals to enale him to learn to re"lace di!!icult eha#iors with acce"tale eha#iors so that he may ma)e educational "rogress' I loo) !orward to recei#ing an Assessment +lan in 45 days !or my re#iew and consent so that the e#aluations can "roceed' I loo) !orward to these e#aluations eing com"leted "rom"tly and an IE+ meeting within 67 days to discuss the results and "lan !or Bohn(s su""orted education' INSTRUCTIONAL NOTE: Request that assessment.e#aluation re"orts e "ro#ided to you <E,ORE the IE+ meeting' An IE+ meeting is not a good !orum to learn "otentially u"setting in!ormation' Also$ recei#ing re"orts in ad#ance hel"s you "re"are your questions aout the e#aluations e!ore the IE+' This ma)es !or a more e!!icient IE+ meeting and ensures your !ull "artici"ation' A "arent has a right to -any and all/ records a school district has on your child under the ,amily Educational Rights H +ri#acy Act 1,ER+A2' Also$ "lease ensure that I get co"ies o! the assessment re"orts at least 5 days e!ore the IE+ meeting so that I will ha#e adequate time to re#iew them and "re"are any questions I may ha#e !or the team' Sincerely$ <e# <lue$ "arent o! Bohn Cc: =a""ro"riate memers o! your child(s educational team>