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Does Your Child’s Teacher See the IEP?

Posted on 05/10/2018 by Community — 37 Comments ↓
Elementary school children

Do you know that your child’s teacher may never see the IEP into which you and the other team members put so much time and effort? Sometimes, school administrators decide Continue Reading →

Posted in IEPs | Tagged access to the IEP, IEPs, parental role | 37 Comments ↓

Observation: OBSERVING YOUR CHILD IN THE CLASS

Posted on 05/02/2018 by Community — 2 Comments ↓

Kris:  Is it okay for a charter school to say you can only observe in the class by following their volunteer fingerprinting guidelines for their district and not give you Continue Reading →

Posted in Question | Tagged O | 2 Comments ↓

Confidentiality: CONFIDENTIALITY OF STUDENT WITH IEP AND STUDENT WITH 504

Posted on 05/02/2018 by Community — 10 Comments ↓

Chryssie:  I’ve experienced two incidents in the last month in the public high school where I work. (1) In the school where I work (District A), a colleague of mine Continue Reading →

Posted in Question | Tagged C | 10 Comments ↓

Behavior: NO SERVICES, GETS EXCLUSIONARY TIME OUT

Posted on 04/23/2018 by Community — 2 Comments ↓

Tina:  My daughter is going through the early stages of “diagnosis” in the public schools (she is in 5th grade)-she has struggled with school since first grade. The school conducted Continue Reading →

Posted in Question | Tagged B | 2 Comments ↓

Re-Evaluations: SCHOOL SAYS NO LONGER QUALIFIED FOR IEP BECAUSE OF AGE

Posted on 04/08/2018 by Community — 2 Comments ↓

Carol:  My grandson has had an IEP for 3 years and is now 9yrs old. The school is telling me that he no longer qualifies for IEP due to has Continue Reading →

Posted in Question | Tagged R | 2 Comments ↓

Educational Records: SCHOOL REFUSES ACCESS TO CUMULATIVE RECORDS

Posted on 04/02/2018 by Community — 4 Comments ↓

Candice:  School refuses to allow a parent to look in their child’s cumulative folder or make copies of current IEP and previous testing.

Posted in Question | Tagged E | 4 Comments ↓

Speech: NON COMPLIANCE WITH IEP

Posted on 04/02/2018 by Community — 6 Comments ↓

Michelle:  My 11 YO son (6th grade) should have received speech services 1Xweek, 30 min since the start of school in Aug 2015.  I attended ARD meeting and learned he Continue Reading →

Posted in Question | Tagged S | 6 Comments ↓

Functional Behavior Assessments (FBA): REQUESTING A FBA FOR MY CHILD WITH IEP

Posted on 04/02/2018 by Community — 4 Comments ↓

Josie: I would like to know how do I go about requesting a FBA for my child who does have a IEP ?

Posted in Question | Tagged F | 4 Comments ↓

Paraprofessionals: HEALTH PARAPROFESSIONAL

Posted on 04/02/2018 by Community — 5 Comments ↓

Nancy:  What are the responsibilities of a health paraprofessional?

Posted in Question | Tagged P | 5 Comments ↓

FAPE: IF SCHOOL CAN’T PROVIDE APPROPRIATE PROGRAM, DO THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR PRIVATE PLACEMENT?

Posted on 03/20/2018 by Community — 3 Comments ↓

Laura:  I have a child that has been diagnosed with Aspergers and ADHD. She has an IEP and a support staff. However, the teachers have been complaining about her work Continue Reading →

Posted in Question | Tagged F | 3 Comments ↓

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