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When a School Accepts Your Child And Then Tries to Walk Away
Here's a social media excerpt — written in your voice, warm and grounded:
A private residential school accepted a student knowing his full history. They built his IEP around his specific challenges. They readmitted him after two other placements failed. And then they tried to terminate him — citing behaviors that had been present since day one.
The Bureau of Special Education Appeals said no.
This is a pattern I've seen too many times in my practice. A family finally secures a placement, exhales for the first time in years, and then the calls start. Staff are concerned. Things are escalating. And before long, an emergency termination letter arrives — sometimes without any warning at all.
What families need to know is this: a private special education school cannot accept a student for the very behaviors that define their disability and then use those same behaviors to push them out. The law requires more than that. A lot more.
A decision issued just this week out of Massachusetts makes that crystal clear.
The full breakdown is on the blog. If you're watching this unfold with your own child right now, you don't have to figure it out alone. #asktheadvocate #stayput
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