Getting Started

I've been at this blog for the last three days now and I'm thrilled that I already have three followers - so one is my husband - but still. Thanks for checking in! I haven't figured out how to write to you individually yet and say thank you so I'm doing a group thank you. If you find anything especially helpful please let me know. I've gotten a lot of requests for help over the past several months and I'm hoping I can send people here for a lot of the answers instead of retyping the same or similar letters over and over. It's become apparent that people tend to run into the same problems over and over and this seems like a much better way to offer the help I am happy to share, as well as giving myself a great way to organize what I need to refer to over and over! If you think there may be a better way to organize something or you've had ideas of ways to deal with some of the issues we run into please feel free to share them. I don't pretend to know all there is to know, in fact I use an attorney to get through some of the toughest issues and I'm proud to say I know a lot of what I do because of our attorney, Drew Massey. I like him, respect him, and steal a lot of his best information! =)

SAMPLE: Thank you for IEE

I always send thank you notes whenever I can. Although the people at the district may or may not take this seriously, it does paint me as a person who is reasonable, understands appropriate behavior, and is gracious. This is important should I later have to go to court. It is a paper trail of kindness and decorum which would make it difficult for the district to portray me as difficult and unreasonable as they are likely to do given any opportunity.

Italics indicate areas that you should input your own information.

Your address
City, State Zip
Date

Name
Director of Special Education
Your District
Address
City, State Zip

RE: Child’s Name - D.O.B. 00-00-0000

SENT VIA: Method

Dear Name,

The purpose of this letter is to respond to your letter dated Month day, Year in which you agree to provide an Independent Educational Evaluation (“IEE”) in the area of whatever area at public expense. Thank you for agreeing to that evaluation. Thank you also for providing the names of several possible resources. As you are aware, we are not required to choose from the provided list, and as such we will be requesting that Name, perform the IEE.

Name is a licensed (or certified therapist or doctor, etc.) whose offices are located at Address, City, State Zip. The phone number is 000-000-0000. The fax number is 000-000-0000.

Should you have any questions regarding this correspondence, please feel free to contact me at 000-000-0000.

Sincerely,

Your name

cc: Anyone you wish to send a copy to