IEP?

Welp, you *can* have an IEP that really amounts to “the sped teacher will stop the teacher in the hall and say ‘how’s Kim doing?’” or, perhaps, a more formal interaction (with genuine input about grades, behavior, and upcoming or past work) - and maybe even better than that, which I can imagine bu;t have never seen, that could, say be emailed to a parent so s/he’d know what was going on in the past, present & future.

There should be goals to go along with it, which are pretty easy to measure… “Jane will successfully complete the requirements of her regular education courses, as measured in passing grades” - benchmarks would be that weekly feedback from the teacher that would say “so far so good” or “uh-oh.”

So, yes, it’s legal. Is it the ideal thing for a special ed child? *Maybe,* if this is part of a transition to independence. In my experience, however, it’s usually part of a “sink or swim” monitoring that covers the legal end and little else.

What grade are we talking about?

I would think that accommodations really should be in the IEP. IF it ain’t wrote down, it don’t exist - and it’s only written down back in those confidential files that almost no teachers ever see.

You might write up an addendum to the IEP and include the accommodations, and write them a letter asking to have a very brief meeting where you’ll revise the IEP to include those accommodations.

Sue ,
This IEP was just written after her three year eval. I posted everything in my previous post (from last week). She in in fifth grade and I told myself I wasnt going to sign anything but….da!

Thanks
DJ