{"id":64,"date":"2008-07-25T16:01:54","date_gmt":"2008-07-25T21:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=64"},"modified":"2012-03-29T11:16:01","modified_gmt":"2012-03-29T15:16:01","slug":"iep-faqs-can-i-write-on-the-iep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/iep-faqs-can-i-write-on-the-iep\/","title":{"rendered":"IEP FAQs: Can I write on 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=\"IEP%20FAQs%3A%20Can%20I%20write%20on%20the%20IEP%3F\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><blockquote><p>My daughter attended her first IEP meeting today, it was a disaster. Does she have the right to write on the IEP under parental concerns? She wanted to write a statement about her daughter being dyslexic and they wouldn&#8217;t let her?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There is no legal or commonsense reason why a parent or any other IEP team member cannot write on a child&#8217;s IEP.<\/p>\n<p>Some uninformed educators go crazy when a parent does this, saying that &#8220;the IEP is a legal document.&#8221; People write on legal documents all the time &#8211; to amend, change terms, to provide additional information. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>If this has happened to you, take advantage of it!<\/p>\n<p>This provides a good opportunity to tell your child&#8217;s story in more depth and begin to build a paper trail. If the school continues to be oppositional, <strong>letters and notes from meetings<\/strong>, made at the time, <strong>are invaluable in resolving the problem<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Write a polite letter to the head of the IEP team describing in factual terms (no emotions, nothing about how you &#8220;feel&#8221;) that you attempted to inform the IEP team your child has dyslexia. Explain that when you attempted to add this information to your child&#8217;s IEP, [name of school personnel] refused to allow you to provide that information.<\/p>\n<p>Explain that the school will <strong>not <\/strong>be able to teach your child to read, write, or spell unless they know she is dyslexic and she <strong>requires specialized instruction<\/strong>, delivered by a <strong>teacher who is trained<\/strong> to use an educational method that is <strong>proven to work<\/strong> with children who have dyslexia.<\/p>\n<p>This is probably only the first of many letters you will need to write over the years. Before you begin, read the &#8220;Letter to the Stranger&#8221; for the big picture. This tells the story of a parent who wrote an angry letter and the impact it had. After the parent revised the letter to tell her child&#8217;s story, the new letter had a completely different impact.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/advoc\/articles\/Letter_to_Stranger.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/advoc\/articles\/Letter_to_Stranger.html<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This article has practical advice about how to do this:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/advoc\/articles\/letters.draft.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/advoc\/articles\/letters.draft.htm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also read this success story by a mom who was in a similar situation, how she handled it, and finally got the services her children needed:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/advo.susan.success.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/advo.susan.success.htm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and one more:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/advo.probs.protect.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/advo.probs.protect.htm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My daughter attended her first IEP meeting today, it was a disaster. Does she have the right to write on the IEP under parental concerns? 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