Friday, February 20, 2009

In her presentation at the 19th Annual CASE (Counsel for Administrators in Special Education), Julie Weatherly mentioned a case whereby a parent was not able to meet the burden of proof by demonstrating that the unilateral private placement she chose for her emotionally disabled daughter is appropriate. Athough it was agreed that the student needed a "full-time residential treatment program", the private school chosen by the parents did not have the resources to meet their daughter's needs according to the IEP. It did not provide specially designed instructional programs and it did not provide any clinical or psychological services to address their daughter's social and emotional needs.

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