C.D. is a 6 year old who has been in a medically fragile condition since he was in an automobile accident when he was a baby. He lives with his grandparents outside a small New Mexico town. For three years he has received little, if any, services from the school district. He is currently in a "Homebound" program due to his severe health problems.

At an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) meeting in January, the director of special education said that the only services the school would offer C.D. would be consulting services. If C.D. couldn't show progress in therapies or with the teacher, the school would discontinue services to him. The grandparents signed the IEP saying they did not agree with the school's position. P&A staff then assisted the family in writing a complaint to the State Department of Education (SDE).

The SDE recommended that the school have another IEP meeting, hire a facilitator to guide the team through the process, and that the district have their attorney, who knows the process well, attend the IEP.

C.D.'s grandparents made a list of objectives and services that the school could use for him including an Assistive Technology (AT) evaluation, computer educational programs, therapy services, extended school year services, and a request for compensatory educational services to make up for all the schooling C.D. has missed. The district agreed to provide everything the grandparents requested.

C.D.'s grandparents agreed to postpone the SDE investigation until November, 2002. If the district is in compliance at that time, the complaint will be dropped.

C.D.'s grandmother reports that the therapies have begun and the new teacher and C.D. are getting along well.