Can an IEP List More than One Disability?
I was told that only one disability can be documented in the IEP. My son has an IEP for ADHD. He also has a sleep disorder. After our high school Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Strategies
Who Can Provide Special Education Services?
The school won’t allow my child to receive direct instruction from a reading specialist. Continue Reading →
What To Do When the IEP Meeting Is Too Short
When is an IEP meeting too short? Can an IEP team review and revise a child’s IEP in 25-30 minutes?
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Progress Graphs of Test Data – A Essential Skill that Parents Need to Master
All important decisions about your child’s education – eligibility, special education, and related services in your child’s IEP, educational progress, compensatory education (or “recovery services”) – are based on test Continue Reading →
Can Parents Demand a Member of the IEP Team be Excluded?
The Guidance Counselor ignored our parental consent form and conducted tests on our daughter against our written instructions, even though she signed the form acknowledging our wishes and concerns. Our Continue Reading →
Tape-recording IEP Meetings: What Does the Law Say?
Does a teacher or service provider have the right to refuse to be recorded during an IEP meeting? Is there caselaw or code that deals with this? An IEP meeting Continue Reading →
Different Kids – Identical IEPs? Using “Pull Down Menu” IEPs
Spring 2019: Thanks to one of our readers who emails a reminder – The school system I work for is changing to a computerized version of the IEP. The Continue Reading →
Evaluating a Child Who is Blind and Language Impaired
“My 11 year-old daughter is blind and language impaired. She has been in a public school for the blind. As part of her triennial re-evaluation, the team insists on doing Continue Reading →
If You Have a Dispute, Litigation is the Last Resort
We requested that our son be put in an inclusion classroom at his home school. The school denied our request. We don’t have an attorney. What can we do? Should Continue Reading →
Parents Are Not Members of the IEP Team … Say What!?
“I’m a special education teacher. At a recent meeting, our sped director told us that ‘parents are not a part of the IEP Team.’ The director said we must have Continue Reading →
