Social Security children’s SSI tip: keep those school write-ups!
One of the best tips I can give about building a child’s Social Security (Supplemental Security Income) case is to hold on to any disciplinary report, office notes, write ups, teachers notes, detention or suspension notices, etc.
This includes notes for:
Talking out of turn
Not following instructions
Not sitting down
Fighting
Yelling
Being disruptive
Cursing
Throwing things
These documents are an important source of independent evidence about the child’s problems at school.
“Independent evidence” is key. Social Security looks for corroboration of the problems the family will tell them about. Reports from teachers, counselors, administrators, coaches, can be extremely valuable in proving the type and severity of the child’s problems.
Unfortunately, based on my experience …
