I have not one, but two kids on an IEP. One goes to a specialized Jr. High on an IEP, and the other goes to a regular elementary school on an IEP through a 504 – a medical case.
If you’ve never done an IEP, basically there’s a team there. Ours usually consists of the principal, director of the Special Ed Program, school/district Psychologist, personal therapist, teacher, special Ed teachers, Occupational Therapists, Speech Therapists (although they’ve not been around for a while for us), and the PE Teacher and District Nurse (in one kid’s case). They go around the room saying everything that’s wrong with your kid. Then they go around again saying what the last meeting’s goals were. They go around again, saying how the kids did (or didn’t) on meeting that goal. Then they go around again making goals for the next time. Then they go around again so everyone can sign they were there and agree.
I wear pink hair and combat boots, ’cause these things are war, man.
And so, I bring you Ways to Make Your Next IEP Awesome. If you’ve ever been there, she nails it. Perhaps I should forgo the pink hair and go for all out Braveheart war makeup.
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