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August 25, 2006
SITE: Ten Common Mistakes Parents Make During the IEP Meeting (Gray Center)
SITE: Ten Common Mistakes Parents Make During the IEP Meeting (Gray Center)
URL: http://www.thegraycenter.org/sectionsdetails.cfm?id=41
DESCRIPTION: Excellent article by Matt Foley and DeAnn Hyatt-Foley (who living in Lubbock Texas and have a fourteen year old son. (from the site - Matt and DeAnn have also developed a workshop that teaches parents and educators the special education process. Their workshop has been presented throughout Texas and at the Yale University Autism Conference.)
As advertised, the site offers ten ideas that help better understand the process. These are (see the article for full explinations):
-Believing the professionals are the only experts.
-Not making requests in writing.
-Not being familiar with Prior Notice section of the Procedural Safeguards (34 CFR 300.503).
-Requesting a related service instead of an assessment that supports the need for a related service.
-Accepting assessment results that do not recommend the services you think your child needs.
-Allowing the assessment information to be presented for the first time at the IEP meeting.
-Accepting goals and objectives that are not measurable.
-Allowing placement decisions to be made before IEP goals and objectives are written.
-Allowing your child’s IEP meeting to be rushed so the school staff can begin the next child’s IEP meeting.
-Not asking a lot of questions.
Posted by cseeman at August 25, 2006 01:01 PM