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Hello D75 Occupational and Physical Therapists,

We are starting the 2007-2008 school year with a momentous 9th Session arbitration win in D75. An arbitrator ruled that the DOE violated our contract by mandating an additional therapy session beginning February 2006 and ordered that therapists who worked the additional session be compensated. Any therapist that believes they are entitled to payment for the additional 9th session should send me the following data/evidence:

1) Schedules from February 06 through June 06 (include copies of all changes) =
½ year
2) Schedules from September 06 through June 07 (include copies of all changes) =
1 year
3) Copy of page 9 from the IEP stating the child was required for the mandated services
4) Progress notes for the additional session

Please include on one sheet of paper the following:
Column 1 -- Days per week worked the 9th session
Column 2 -- Weeks worked the 9th session
(Keep the Feb 06 –June 06 separate from Sept 06 – June 07)
Column 3 -- Total number of sessions worked for that half year and/ or year
(Should have 2 separate numbers if worked the 2 years)
Heading Your contact information-cell #, email (not DOE), school(s), home
phone #, etc.

This information needs to be forwarded to my attention at 52 Broadway, 16th Floor, New York NY 10004, ASAP but no later than Oct 1, 2007. If you have any questions call me at 212-598-7705 on a Wednesday or e-mail at lmcdonnell@uft.org.

Sincerely,
Leslie A. McDonnell
OT/PT Chapter Leader for UFT

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OT/PT CHAPTER MEETING DATES FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2007 - 2008

Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Wednesday, October 10, 2007 CANCELLED!
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Wednesday, February 13, 2008 CANCELLED!
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Wednesday, April 9, 2008 CANCELLED!
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Wednesday, June 4, 2008

All the meetings will take place from 4:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. at
50 Broadway, 2nd floor – Clrm. C

Other Meetings

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Can you imagine IEP meetings without the child's teachers / related service providers? Oppose the proposed legislation that would allow that to happen, here!
Sign our petition here!

Many changes have taken effect within the past year under the new "regionalization" of the Department of Education. There continues to be much confusion, especially regarding special education services. There have been many complaints; for example, referrals for services not being processed in a timely fashion, and children not receiving mandated services as indicated on their Individualized Education Programs. School administrators have ordered all services to be delivered in the classroom, to group children, and/or to partially service children. IEPs are specific to the individual needs of the child - not the needs of the administration - and location, group size, and mandate must also reflect what’s appropriate for the individual child NOT the administration. To address these special education issues, the UFT has created a Special Education Complaint Form for all UFT members to use, which can be accessed on the UFT Web site. You can also find this complaint form on the Occupational/ Physical Therapists’ section of the Web site. It is extremely important that therapists who may be experiencing issues or circumstances they feel are unethical, or in violation of federal and/or state law, complete the Special Education Complaint Form. This form is confidential and will not be revealed to school administrators without your permission. The Executive Board of the Occupational and Physical Therapists’ chapter has been meeting once a month to discuss some of the issues as well as others that have come to our attention, such as therapists facing increased caseload size and workload demands, space problems, and confusion about part-time status. It is extremely important that members make their best efforts to attend chapter meetings in order to get up-to-date information on these matters.

IMPORTANT NEWS:

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GENERAL NEWS:

State Education Department Agrees To Keep IEP Teams Intact

Frequently Asked Questions About Pension

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This Applies To Occupational / Physical Therapists

BERS links:

Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.nycbers.org/frames/faqframe.htm

Contact (mail, email, and phone)
http://www.nycbers.org/content/contact.htm

TDA info
http://www.nycbers.org/frames/tdaframe.htm

TDA unit value
http://www.nycbers.org/content/unithist.htm