Advice wanted.

[happynoodlelady]

I've had to go to school a lot recently to help escort my daughter to and from class, the lunchroom, ect, because she will balk and refuse to move when instructed to do so. She laughs and runs away from her teachers. She has had a doctor's diagnosis of HFA for several years now, but the school still won't work with us on an IEP. When I asked the

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[kibbles]

As I go through this, check this site out, and see where you are in the process:

http://www.ncld.org/content/view/925/456088/

Sounds like you haven't done the mediation, the due process hearing, state complaints, etc.

Ask again for a reevaluation. If the principal says no, say you want that refusal in writing, so you can start the dispute process. That may be enough to at least do the eval.

The 504 may be possible if she needs a para (she sounds like she does).

What would happen if you weren't available to come to the school? And aren't they exposing themselves to liability by having you there for something that you aren't responsible for? You're not an employee, and you're not a volunteer (and they usually need background checks).

Also, my son won't eat lunch, he is at his second school (graduated his first), and nothing. We've worked with OTs, tried in the room, out of the room, alone, with peers, with headphones on, hot lunch, cold lunch, lunch from home, everything, and he simply won't eat lunch. EVERYONE tried.