they believed the plan for the dcitrist is to say no first, then see how much the parents push back. Based on conversations with other special ed parents, I would have to agree that this seems to be the method. They would not listen until we brought in a lawyer, and then suddenly everybody is being super nice. We started the year with several services not in place, and we politely referred back to the IEP, and within a day things were rolling. A much different response than we had 9 months ago! I wish it weren't so, but your article hits the nail on the head!