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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 708538" data-attributes="member: 18958">The onus and the responsibility is on the school district. It is their job and their legal mandate to educate her in a way she can handle it. They are the ones who are not meeting their responsibilities. I would throw it back on them.I would&nbsp; try not to&nbsp; be defensive. I understand you are worn out and feel defeated. Anybody would. But your daughter has a disability, a qualifying condition. The symptoms of the disability cannot be used against her. That would be illegal.I went to a disability rights organization, called &quot;Disability Rights.&quot; (Smile) They sent an attorney with me to the IEP. I might call an advocacy organization and get some help.How can this happen? You mean, because she is not going to school, she could lose Medicaid?She cannot be blamed for not going to school if she is not being properly educated, to the extent that she is too anxious to attend. She is the one with the qualifying condition. The school has no way to blame her. If was on a 504 they could. But not with an IEP, as I understand it.If it was me I would up the ante and ask for residential treatment (which will cost them a fortune.) They will not want to do this. But throw it in their face. They are not fulfilling their legal responsibilities. Scare them. Do not be scared.You have a lawsuit if they screw with you and your daughter. They know it. They think you do not know it.Trust me. Ask for a higher level of intervention. Ask for residential treatment, because clearly the current interventions in this IEP are not meeting her needs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 708538, member: 18958"] The onus and the responsibility is on the school district. It is their job and their legal mandate to educate her in a way she can handle it. They are the ones who are not meeting their responsibilities. I would throw it back on them. I would try not to be defensive. I understand you are worn out and feel defeated. Anybody would. But your daughter has a disability, a qualifying condition. The symptoms of the disability cannot be used against her. That would be illegal. I went to a disability rights organization, called "Disability Rights." (Smile) They sent an attorney with me to the IEP. I might call an advocacy organization and get some help. How can this happen? You mean, because she is not going to school, she could lose Medicaid? She cannot be blamed for not going to school if she is not being properly educated, to the extent that she is too anxious to attend. She is the one with the qualifying condition. The school has no way to blame her. If was on a 504 they could. But not with an IEP, as I understand it. If it was me I would up the ante and ask for residential treatment (which will cost them a fortune.) They will not want to do this. But throw it in their face. They are not fulfilling their legal responsibilities. Scare them. Do not be scared. You have a lawsuit if they screw with you and your daughter. They know it. They think you do not know it. Trust me. Ask for a higher level of intervention. Ask for residential treatment, because clearly the current interventions in this IEP are not meeting her needs. [/QUOTE]

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