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<blockquote data-quote="Marcie Mac" data-source="post: 161920" data-attributes="member: 47"><p>Star, Danny was qualified her I think it was under AB3632 (or something like that - its been a few years and my memory is a few years older). Here you have to jump thru hoops and get the State Mental Health Dept involved before you can qualify, and it covered him until the age of 22, he graduated OR got an IEP.</p><p> </p><p>The only thing I do remember distinctly was the SPED person sweetly smiling at me when she congradulated Danny on the fact that he would be 18 in a week, and you can handle these meetings by yourself - your mom will no longer be involved.</p><p> </p><p>I smiled sweetly back and said, oh, don't worry, I intend to get him to give me Power of Attorney next week over his educational matters and decisions - I would so miss these meetings..</p><p> </p><p>Thankfully the Mental Health person was in attendance and knew what their game was and wasn't having any of it (and kept me from leaning over the table and pulling every hair out of her head).</p><p> </p><p>And of course Dan did quit school a few months later - I still wasn't sweating it cause I had till he was 22 - but then decided to get his GED on his own and passed first time..</p><p> </p><p>Honestly, If I had to do the school thing all over again, I would hire a Parent Advocate from the beginning instead of towards the end. It was worth the 1,500 I shelled out for him to do battle with the SD. Maybe they have something similar to our AB there where you live, but if I recall correctly, the Mental Health end had 60 days to do their part in the getting him qualified.</p><p> </p><p>Marcie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marcie Mac, post: 161920, member: 47"] Star, Danny was qualified her I think it was under AB3632 (or something like that - its been a few years and my memory is a few years older). Here you have to jump thru hoops and get the State Mental Health Dept involved before you can qualify, and it covered him until the age of 22, he graduated OR got an IEP. The only thing I do remember distinctly was the SPED person sweetly smiling at me when she congradulated Danny on the fact that he would be 18 in a week, and you can handle these meetings by yourself - your mom will no longer be involved. I smiled sweetly back and said, oh, don't worry, I intend to get him to give me Power of Attorney next week over his educational matters and decisions - I would so miss these meetings.. Thankfully the Mental Health person was in attendance and knew what their game was and wasn't having any of it (and kept me from leaning over the table and pulling every hair out of her head). And of course Dan did quit school a few months later - I still wasn't sweating it cause I had till he was 22 - but then decided to get his GED on his own and passed first time.. Honestly, If I had to do the school thing all over again, I would hire a Parent Advocate from the beginning instead of towards the end. It was worth the 1,500 I shelled out for him to do battle with the SD. Maybe they have something similar to our AB there where you live, but if I recall correctly, the Mental Health end had 60 days to do their part in the getting him qualified. Marcie [/QUOTE]
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