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Documenting Disagreements with the IEP Team

Posted on 08/16/2016 by Wrightslaw — Leave a reply

Do you and the school disagree over your child’s IEP? School’s assessment not complete? Proposed IEP goals not appropriate? Effective reading program not available at your school? Other concerns? If Continue Reading →

Posted in Advocacy, IEPs, Parent-School Disputes, Strategies | Tagged disagreements with the school, IEPs, writing letters | Leave a reply

Can the School Exclude Related Service Providers from IEP Meetings?

Posted on 07/21/2016 by Wrightslaw — 14 Comments ↓
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Related service providers should be included on the child’s team when a particular related service will be discussed. These providers have valuable input about the child’s needs, services required, and Continue Reading →

Posted in IEPs, Related Services | Tagged IEP Team, IEP Team Members, OSEP Letter to Rangel-Diaz, related service provider | 14 Comments ↓

Need a Voice in the IEP Process?

Posted on 06/16/2016 by Wrightslaw — 1 Comment ↓

When your child with a disability receives special education services, you need to know: how to develop your child’s IEP in plain language your rights and responsibilities under IDEA the Continue Reading →

Posted in IDEA 2004, IEPs | Tagged IEPs, Wrightslaw Products, Wrightslaw: All About IEPs | 1 Comment ↓

Negotiating with the School on Transportation Issues

Posted on 06/02/2016 by Pam Wright — 5 Comments ↓

My daughter attends public school. She has autism and a BIP. The transportation department refuses to come down our gravel private lane to pick her up at our driveway. I Continue Reading →

Posted in IEPs | Tagged Bus transportation, Transportation Issues | 5 Comments ↓

What Every Parent Needs to Know: IDEA Requires Physical Education & Adapted PE

Posted on 04/14/2016 by Wrightslaw — 1 Comment ↓

IDEA 2004 requires schools to provide physical education services, specially designed if necessary. If your child has a disability and an IEP, the school must provide physical education in your Continue Reading →

Posted in ESY, IDEA 2004, IEPs, Transition | Tagged Adapted Physical Education, APE, physical education | 1 Comment ↓

IEP Meeting: NOTIFICATION

Posted on 01/30/2016 by Community — 21 Comments ↓

Tracey:  Does the school have to send to the parent a written notification of when the IEP is and who will attend? If so what is the time frame in Continue Reading →

Posted in IEPs, Parent Rights & Responsibilities, Question | Tagged I | 21 Comments ↓

Do IEPs Have to be Honored until the Expiration Date?

Posted on 12/03/2015 by Wrightslaw — Leave a reply

I want to revise my child’s IEP, but the school says they have to honor the IEP until the current expiration date? An IEP does NOT have to be “honored Continue Reading →

Posted in IEPs | Tagged Review and Revision of IEPs | Leave a reply

Yes or No? IEP Meetings Can Only Be 1 Hour Long

Posted on 10/22/2015 by Pam Wright — 21 Comments ↓

I’ve been a special ed teacher for 25 years.  I have questions about two things my Supervisor told me this year. 1. An IEP meeting cannot last more than one Continue Reading →

Posted in IEPs, Teachers | Tagged Duration of Services, IEP Meetings, IEP Model Form, IEPs, Special Ed Teachers | 21 Comments ↓

Change of Services in High School – “That’s All We Offer!”

Posted on 10/01/2015 by Wrightslaw — 4 Comments ↓

My daughter is in middle school, where she receives skills support every day in an inclusion program. At the annual review, we were told she will now only receive skills Continue Reading →

Posted in IEPs, LRE / Inclusion, Parent-School Disputes | Tagged Educational program, IEP, Placement, placement decisions, Services | 4 Comments ↓

Change of Services in High School – “That’s All We Offer!

Posted on 09/10/2015 by Wrightslaw — 3 Comments ↓

My daughter is in middle school, where she receives skills support every day in an inclusion program. At the annual review, we were told she will now only receive skills Continue Reading →

Posted in IEPs, Inclusion, Parent-School Disputes | Tagged Educational program, IEP, Placement, placement decisions, Services | 3 Comments ↓

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