IEP Review

OH MY GOD. Who would of thought that the district would be better then the IU. Not me. I went ready for a fight. I ended up getting more for Brandon than I thought possible. We talked about the speech therapy and I said I wanted it to be individual and they had no problem. They also said that if it wasn't enough they would add another (number 3) in a group format to help with modeling. I have been trying to get OT for Brandon for more than a year. The IU said they had him evaluated (but never did) and said he didn't qualify. The evaluator this time recommended that he be evaluated and they said that SINCE the doctor wanted help with writing they would try to get it. They had it in the IEP and it was just who was going to do it. OH MY GOD. Where were they a year ago. The IEP even mentioned the full diagnoses from the doctor. The final eval stated it as OTHER HEALTH IMPAIRMENT. No problem. They even have in there to evaluate him after X-mas break to summer coverage. That would mean I wouldn't need child care in the summer. He would have summer school to help him from going backwards. I came out of the meeting in shock. The biggest part was I was talking to one of the ladies after the meeting while they were making copies and I mentioned that I was so happy he was going to the special school and I just didn't think he could have handled regular school. She looked at me and said "Oh no. He couldn't go to regular school. He'd get lost and never make it". What???? They agree with me. I'm not crazy. I was right. HOLY CRAP.