{"id":9827,"date":"2013-07-12T13:52:16","date_gmt":"2013-07-12T17:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=9827"},"modified":"2013-07-12T13:52:16","modified_gmt":"2013-07-12T17:52:16","slug":"10-ways-you-can-tell-its-an-iep-meeting-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/10-ways-you-can-tell-its-an-iep-meeting-in-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Ways You Can Tell It&#8217;s an IEP Meeting in Texas"},"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=\"10%20Ways%20You%20Can%20Tell%20It%27s%20an%20IEP%20Meeting%20in%20Texas\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; float: right;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/images\/texas.gif\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>10 Ways You Can Tell it is an IEP meeting in Texas&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>(where sped is considered contact sport).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong>\u00a0 At the annual IEP meeting, both the advocate and special ed director compliment each other on the camouflage color of their iPad.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong>\u00a0 The LSSP&#8217;s tatoo that has the letters MDR is bigger than your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.copaa.org\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">COPAA<\/span><\/a> tatoo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong>\u00a0 You finally corrected the name <a href=\"http:\/\/www.topaa.org\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">KOPAA<\/span><\/a> on your website after another Texas advocate mentions an OSEP letter is responsible for taking the K out of quality in the IEP process.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong>\u00a0 Football pads, hockey face masks, motorcycle helmets, and special ed advocate protective gear for IEP meetings are all now in the same aisle at Walmart.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>5.<\/strong>\u00a0 The special ed director&#8217;s hairdo was wrecked by a ceiling fan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6.<\/strong>\u00a0 In some of the more rural districts, graduation by IEP and high school diploma mean the same thing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7.\u00a0<\/strong> Most of the reading IEPs have a physical prompt.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8.\u00a0<\/strong> Advocates have names like specialedmarine, gman, hurricane h, and bulldog d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>9.<\/strong>\u00a0 The transition plan contains goals for fishing, hunting, and the use of a bottle opener.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10.<\/strong> The amount of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/store\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Wrightslaw books<\/span><\/a> a Texas advocate owns is measured in weight.<\/p>\n<p>Hat tip, again, to one of our favorite Texas advocates!<\/p>\n<p>You will find more of his humor on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fetaweb.com\/humor.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The Lighter Side<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 Ways You Can Tell it is an IEP meeting in Texas&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; 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