I am producing an information letter/brochure for parents explaining to them some of the things to expect in their first IEP meeting with the school. I would like to give it to them when we schedule the meeting so that they will come to the meeting with some understanding about what the meeting will entail, and they will be able to have questions that they have had a chance to think about. I’m hoping this will encourage parent involvement. Does anyone have any information that they think would be helpful to include in this letter/brochure?
PASSWORD>aaypjoGdHk2QkI would include the definitions of the classifications under IDEA as well as the various types of inteventions/remediations/accommodations which can be accessed.When my own son was little and we attended the first (of many) IEP meetings, the school psychologist always met with us days before and told us the results of all testing and what it meant and implied and what could be done. I have attended the meetings of others as an advocate where the parents heard for the first time the results of the testing, which of course hit them like a brick, and within minutes they were asked their opinion of the services which the school proposed. It was so unfair to expect anyone to make important decisions without having time to digest the information.So, I guess I am saying: explain what special education is and is not, explain various forms of remediation, what LD, ED, SI, FAPW, LRE, mean. Those acronyms can be so mystifying. Explain self contained, inclusion, resource, pull in, push out.And, of course, you are obligated to explain the parents’ rights to objection including mediation and everything under due process even including model letters to begin the process. I would also include your state’s time line for testing, meeting, implementation.I think what you are doing is wonderful: I am producing an information letter/brochure for parents explaining
: to them some of the things to expect in their first IEP meeting
: with the school. I would like to give it to them when we schedule
: the meeting so that they will come to the meeting with some
: understanding about what the meeting will entail, and they will be
: able to have questions that they have had a chance to think about.
: I’m hoping this will encourage parent involvement. Does anyone
: have any information that they think would be helpful to include
: in this letter/brochure?