Wondering how to get a 1 x 1 aide for my daughter who has daily living needs such as toileting. There is an aide for the classroom, but not 1 x 1 for my daughter specifically.
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Crystal,
You have indicated that you are in San Diego County; assuming that to be accurate, SD County has created a process called a SCIA assessment. SCIA stands for Special Circumstances Instructional Aide. To start the process for acquiring 1:1 aide support for part or all of your child's school day, you will want to make a written request for this assessment, to your child's case manager.
The school will have 15 calendar days to either provide you with an assessment plan or to deny the assessment. Note: the 15 calendar days exclude any breaks that exceed 5 school days; thus Summer Vacation does not count. Our office highly suggests you make your written request via email and you CC yourself. This will create an Internet stamped copy of your request and show a record of when the request was made and to whom.
Once you get the evaluation plan (assuming the school agrees to assess), you will want to sign and return it, as soon as possible. (Again, our office suggests signing and scanning the document so that you can return it via email to the Case Manager and CC yourself, creating the next legal time line verification.) The school will have 60 calendar days from the day they receive the signed evaluation plan, to complete the assessment AND hold an IEP meeting to discuss the results. (Again, any breaks greater than 5 school days do not count in the timeline.)
While you are waiting for the SCIA assessment results, we suggest you keep your own data of any incidents that justify the need for 1:1 support, in case the school either does not see the need or misses seeing the need when they are taking their data.
About one week prior to the IEP meeting, we suggest you request a copy of the report and you notify the site you intend to tape record the IEP meeting (you must give at least 24 hours notice to do so). While the site is NOT required to provide a report ahead of time, most schools will do so and you will be better prepared for attending the IEP meeting, if you have read the report ahead of time and know what will be recommended.
If you have data that contradicts the school's outcome, you will want to share that during IEP meeting and 'on the record', in case you have to dissent to the outcome and take further action.
Best wishes,
Allan Roth
Alliance Resources and Assoc., Inc