{"id":12559,"date":"2015-04-23T09:00:25","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T13:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=12559"},"modified":"2015-04-24T13:32:22","modified_gmt":"2015-04-24T17:32:22","slug":"oh-no-what-did-i-sign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/oh-no-what-did-i-sign\/","title":{"rendered":"Oh No! What Did I Sign?"},"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=\"Oh%20No%21%20What%20Did%20I%20Sign%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; float: right; margin-left: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/images\/istock\/sign.document.jpg\" alt=\"signing document at IEP meeting\" width=\"180\" height=\"120\" \/>I signed the attendance sheet at my IEP meeting. Does that mean I agreed to what was said in the meeting? At the meeting, the school agreed to Orton-Gillingham, but when I got the IEP, it was not included. What should I do?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Without seeing the actual document, there&#8217;s no way of knowing exactly what you signed.<\/p>\n<p>The federal special education law and regulations <em>do not require<\/em> a child\u2019s parent to sign the IEP.<\/p>\n<p>Parents are required to give <em>informed consent<\/em> before the school can provide services in the initial IEP, but not subsequent IEPs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IDEA and Federal Regulations about Consent<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You need to learn or review what the law and regulations say about informed parent consent.<\/p>\n<p>Turn in your\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/store\/aaieps.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Wrightslaw: All About IEPs<\/span><\/a>\u00a0book\u00a0to Chapter 3: Parent Participation and Consent.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll find the law about parental consent in IDEA in your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/store\/selaw2.store.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Special Ed Law Book<\/span><\/a>\u00a0beginning on page 92 and in the federal regulations on page 195 and page 238.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Check Your State Regulations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is important to check your state special education regulations to <strong>learn what your state requires<\/strong>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Some state regulations include a provision for parents to sign the IEP to indicate their consent.<\/p>\n<p>Many states do not.<\/p>\n<p>Other states require written consent to implement IEPs on a year-to-year basis.<\/p>\n<p>You can find your state special education regulations on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yellowpagesforkids.com\/help\/seas.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Yellow Pages for Kids<\/span><\/a> here: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.yellowpagesforkids.com\/help\/seas.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">http:\/\/www.yellowpagesforkids.com\/help\/seas.htm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Document Your Concerns<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Write a polite letter to the school to clarify your concerns.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>State what you signed, or what you thought you signed<\/li>\n<li>Explain what you intended your signature on the attendance sheet to mean (attendance at the meeting, nothing more)<\/li>\n<li>If you did not agree to what was said in the meeting, explain that in your letter<\/li>\n<li>Ask the school to confirm what you understood happened at the IEP meeting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>More Helpful Links<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=3924\u2028\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Signing the IEP<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/nltr\/14\/nl.0617.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Taking and Maintaining Control at IEP Meetings<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/fape.sped.failed.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Disagreeing with the IEP<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/ltrs.index.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Documentation, Letters and Paper Trails<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Methodology in the IEP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Schools often do not want to comply with parents&#8217; requests for a specific, researched-based instructional methodology in the IEP.<\/p>\n<p>The school may not have teachers who are adequately trained to implement Orton-Gillingham programs.\u00a0 This could be one reason it was left out of the IEP.<\/p>\n<p>Training for teachers in a specific methodology is expensive and time-consuming.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about what parents can do to request instructional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/iep.methodology.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">methodology in the IEP<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>*Include this issue, and your concerns, in the letter you write to the school.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I signed the attendance sheet at my IEP meeting. Does that mean I agreed to what was said in the meeting? 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