{"id":11484,"date":"2014-05-29T09:00:49","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T13:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=11484"},"modified":"2016-05-12T10:40:52","modified_gmt":"2016-05-12T14:40:52","slug":"when-can-we-add-accommodations-to-the-iep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/when-can-we-add-accommodations-to-the-iep\/","title":{"rendered":"When Can We Add Accommodations to the IEP?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"When%20Can%20We%20Add%20Accommodations%20to%20the%20IEP%3F\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/images\/bs\/writing.spelling.student.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"165\" \/>I am a Special Education high school teacher.\u00a0 The special ed administrator will not allow the Team to add an accommodation at the annual IEP meeting.\u00a0 We can only add accommodations at the three year reevaluation so that tests used for reevaluation will back any new accommodation. Is this legal?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A student\u2019s needs \u2013 based on his strengths and weaknesses in the Present Levels of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance \u2013 drive the IEP.<\/p>\n<p>These strengths and weaknesses help the IEP Team (the whole <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/idea\/art\/iep.team.members.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">IEP Team<\/span><\/a> \u2013 not just one teacher\/administrator) decide on the individualized accommodations that are appropriate for a child.<\/p>\n<p>The present levels should be updated every time the IEP Team meets. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/howey\/iep.present.levels.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/howey\/iep.present.levels.htm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">When Can You Revise the IEP?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A parent can request their child\u2019s IEP be revised at any time.<\/p>\n<p>A parent, teacher, or related services provider may decide that a child\u2019s IEP needs to reviewed\/revised early, before the annual review, without waiting 3 years for the triennial reevaluation.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>There are any number of reasons that could trigger a revision of the IEP (including accommodations noted in the IEP). Chapter 11, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/bks\/aaiep\/index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Wrightslaw: All About IEPs<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You are receiving confusing\/conflicting information from the administrator, sometimes they just don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n<p>As a special ed teacher you need reliable information about the legal requirements for IEPs.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Use these resources<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>IEPs at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/iep.index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/iep.index.htm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>20 U.S.C. 1414(d), 34.C.F.R. 300.303, 300.320-324 in <a href=\"Wrightslaw:%20Special Education Law at https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/bks\/selaw2\/selaw2.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Wrightslaw: Special Education Law at https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/bks\/selaw2\/selaw2.htm<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Wrightslaw: All About IEPs at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/bks\/aaiep\/index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/bks\/aaiep\/index.htm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The search box on any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Wrightslaw.com<\/span><\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Ask for Clarification \/ Written Policy<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ask your special ed administrator to share the section in the statute \/ federal regulations \/ your state regulations about the requirement for adding accommodations only at certain times. Where is this regulation?<\/p>\n<p>It would be interesting to see what guidelines he is using for decisions about revising an IEP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a Special Education high school teacher.\u00a0 The special ed administrator will not allow the Team to add an accommodation at the annual IEP meeting.\u00a0 We can only add <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/when-can-we-add-accommodations-to-the-iep\/\">Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,18,1367],"tags":[1169,1299,1168,1167],"class_list":["post-11484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accommodations-modifications","category-ieps","category-assessments-tests","tag-accommodations-in-the-iep","tag-ieps","tag-revising-the-iep","tag-triennial-reevaluation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11484"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16592,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11484\/revisions\/16592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}