Violation of Rights Autism

I think that title pretty much sums it up. How would there be a violation on rights would you ask? Well, that's an easy one. Doodle's teacher conditioned Doodle to escape work. If she cried she got to go out of the classroom and walk around for awhile until she calmed down. When it got to the point the crying wasn't working Doodle upped the anti. Being aggressive got her to escape school work. So for the past 4 months as long as she didn't have to do school work Doodle was happy which helped with the regression. Because well, Doodle didn't have to learn anything.

Oh dear! That's just not a good thing. Well, now there is a new teacher in the classroom and she's fearing for her life! The previous teacher caused that issue and I can't correct the issue because it's not my problem. And when I say it's not my problem I'm saying this. It didn't happen on my watch. The teacher caused the issue the school is responsible for fixing the issue. As some would say, "It's not on my hand receipt".

So yesterday I was to go into the school and attend the Santa workshop with Doodle. 45 minutes before it was time for me to go in I got a call from the school. Doodle flipped her wig and they had to evacuate the classroom. It's a safety issue the school is dealing with and I haven't been prepped on their behavioral intervention plan yet. But the school was more then happy with wanting to put her on half days. Not in the right mind of thinking I went down to the school and signed the paperwork for half days. Because you don't really think to research when the school is demanding that you come down there immediately. Upon returning home with Doodle I got to do my research and her rights are being violated by going to half days.

If you want to know about your child's rights you can look up Special Needs rights, FAPE (Free and Appropriate Public Education) and FERPA (Family Education Rights and Privacy Act). Just reading through FAPE last night I saw so many infractions from Doodle's teacher alone I was pretty much grinning all night long. Why would I be grinning? That's pretty much a hands down blink and I've won lawsuit.

And did you know that even after you sign the IEP you can revoke it after the fact. Most people don't realize that game changer. Not even most schools. So that's what I tried to do this morning. And I was shut down in my tracks. Oh that's so nice of them. So I tapped the counter with my nails and said, see here's the problem. If I end up going back home I'm going to be tempted to contact my lawyer over a rushed IEP and Doodle's rights being violated. I didn't want to do that. I wanted to try and fix it here. Then I smiled at the woman at the front desk and left.

I was almost finished with the email to the lawyer when I got the call from the school. Doodle is to stay there until normal time to leave as she was used to and I have an IEP meeting tomorrow morning with the heads of the school board at 8 am. Bring it, I'm not scared! As a matter of fact I'm bringing all the papers for FAPE and FERPA outlined in highlighter all the violations. Please do not treat me like I'm stupid. Yes, I have a college degree, yes I am still trying to learn something new every single day! Stupid by far I am not.

So as I continue to get my way I'm going to finish up this email to my lawyer and click send before time escapes me and prepare for what the school thinks is a battle and I think is a puddle. You guys have a great day and I will update you on Friday!