During an IEP Meeting
Now that you are prepared for the IEP meeting (December’s Blog), consider the following to ensure you have a quality meeting.
Preparation:
- With all the preparation you have done, you should not have any surprises
- Teams should use agendas to drive discussion around the IEP “meat and potatoes” not the paperwork
- More discussion and conversation and less presentation
- Make sure you have a clear purpose and goal for the meeting
- Think about room arrangement
Participation:
- Required team members are present for the whole meeting, understand their role, and are able to give appropriate feedback from their perspective
- Stay positive and solution-focused
- Encourage all team members to listen to each person’s input
- Be sure to have everyone share their thoughts, ideas and questions
- Avoid Educational Jargon
- If needed, it is ok to break and reconvene
- Show examples/samples of the lesson (work samples, materials you are using, books, manipulatives, etc.)
- Be prepared to shift conversations---Watch this video on hearing Parents’ Priorities Stories from the Classroom: Hearing Parents' Priorities
If you are interested in more information:
https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/iep02/cresource/q2/p04/
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