{"id":7,"date":"2008-04-07T09:59:53","date_gmt":"2008-04-07T14:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/wordpress\/?p=7"},"modified":"2014-01-17T09:16:18","modified_gmt":"2014-01-17T13:16:18","slug":"what-rights-do-the-parents-have-on-setting-the-meeting-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/what-rights-do-the-parents-have-on-setting-the-meeting-dates\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents Rights: Can We Set the IEP Meeting Date?"},"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=\"Parents%20Rights%3A%20Can%20We%20Set%20the%20IEP%20Meeting%20Date%3F%20%20\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p><meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/nltr\/img\/meeting.conf.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: right;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/nltr\/img\/meeting.conf.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"99\" \/>&#8220;What rights do the parents have on setting the meeting dates? Can the teachers flat out refuse to meet on Friday afternoons?&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The special education regulations do not give hours for meetings.<\/p>\n<p>So here are my questions to you-<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Do you want the school personnel to view you in a positive light? <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Do you understand that if the teachers view you positively, they will be more invested in your child?<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Assume you are a teacher who has worked all week. You are tired. You have children and a family at home. You have other responsibilities. You may have a second job.<\/p>\n<p>How would you view a parent who insisted that you stay for a meeting on Friday afternoon? How would you view a parent who viewed that as their <em>right<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p>If you fight about that issue, you are very likely to lose this battle. You may alienate everyone who is in a position to help your child.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To be a successful and effective advocate, you need to put yourself in the shoes of the people on the other side of the table &#8211; people you want as allies, not enemies.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meeting on Friday afternoon is NOT an issue you want to fight about.<\/p>\n<p>You need to <strong>focus on getting your child a good educational program<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>You are more likely to be successful if you are polite, businesslike, treat people with respect, and protect the parent-school relationship.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/advo.probs.protect.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\">Protecting the Parent-School Relationship<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>-Pam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;What rights do the parents have on setting the meeting dates? Can the teachers flat out refuse to meet on Friday afternoons?&#8221; The special education regulations do not give hours <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/what-rights-do-the-parents-have-on-setting-the-meeting-dates\/\">Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"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":[3,18],"tags":[1291,1299,30],"class_list":["post-7","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advocacy","category-ieps","tag-advocacy","tag-ieps","tag-team-meetings"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11450,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7\/revisions\/11450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}