{"id":15994,"date":"2016-06-16T09:00:53","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T13:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=15994"},"modified":"2017-02-01T12:07:34","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T16:07:34","slug":"need-a-voice-in-the-iep-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/need-a-voice-in-the-iep-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Need a Voice in the IEP Process?"},"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=\"Need%20a%20Voice%20in%20the%20IEP%20Process%3F\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>When your child with a disability receives special education services, you <strong>need to know<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>how to develop your child&#8217;s IEP in plain language<\/li>\n<li>your rights and responsibilities under IDEA<\/li>\n<li>the law, regulation, publication from the U.S. Dept of Ed that supports your position or request &#8211; so you can bring it to the IEP meeting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you need a description of legal issues and\/or problems you may encounter during the IEP process, you&#8217;ll find it in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/bks\/aaiep\/index.htm\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Wrightslaw: All About IEPs<\/span><\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Testimonial&#8230;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/store\/aaieps.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-13176\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/cover.300dpi-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"cover.300dpi\" width=\"168\" height=\"208\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>\u00a0<strong>Wrightslaw: All About IEPs has given me my voice.<\/strong> I didn&#8217;t have one before. Parents have to be armed with the accurate information and encouragement. That is what you give to us. It is empowerment in it&#8217;s purest form. I am excited about this book. It is clear and easy to understand. The endnotes are a great idea. They give readers a place to go for more information.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Get answers to your questions about &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>IEP Teams and IEP Meetings<\/li>\n<li>Parent Participation &amp; Consent<\/li>\n<li>Present Levels, Measurable IEP Goals, Special Education Services<\/li>\n<li>Related Services, Supplementary Aids &amp; Services<\/li>\n<li>Progress, Accommodations, Modifications, and Alternate Assessments<\/li>\n<li>Special Factors in IEPs and Assistive Technology (A.T.)<\/li>\n<li>Placement, Transition, and Extended School Year Services (ESY)<\/li>\n<li>Reviewing and Revising the IEP<\/li>\n<li>Transferring Schools and Education Records<\/li>\n<li>Resolving Parent-School Disputes<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/bks\/aaiep\/resources.htm\">Legal Resources<\/a><\/span> for Wrightslaw: All About IEPs.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/bks\/aaiep\/toc.pdf\">Complete Table of Contents<\/a><\/span> (in pdf)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/bks\/aaiep\/Chapter1.prc\">Kindle<\/a><\/span> &#8211; Text to speech enabled, <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/bks\/aaiep\/Chapter1.prc\">Download FREE Sample Chapter<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/bks\/aaiep\/Chapter1.epub\">iPad<\/a><\/span> &#8211; Text to speech enabled, <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/bks\/aaiep\/Chapter1.epub\">Download FREE Sample Chapter<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When your child with a disability receives special education services, you need to know: how to develop your child&#8217;s IEP in plain language your rights and responsibilities under IDEA the <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/need-a-voice-in-the-iep-process\/\">Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[5,18],"tags":[1299,1337,972],"class_list":["post-15994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-idea-2004","category-ieps","tag-ieps","tag-wrightslaw-products","tag-wrightslaw-all-about-ieps"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15994","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=15994"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20936,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15994\/revisions\/20936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}