Reflection Paper About Iep Meeting

Under IDEA the law mandates the student to have an IEP team. The parent is encouraged to be a part of their child learning

In the American system the curriculum serves 5, 000 students and more than 20 countries and we need to review and look at the IEP process. The question that has spark concerns is to look at students direct IEP and how we can look to evaluate it? How students benefits from an IEP and what would be the first logical steps to change the process. We have a mixture of students who are not all English speaking students from all backgrounds and have some disabilities. I’m not here to complain about the teachers in your system, you have wonderful teachers who capture student’s interest and encourage students learning. But we are here to address the IEP’s process issue.

As a special education teacher I am involved in numerous meetings, in some of those meetings I have noticed that words, cultures and back grounds can impact the tone and outcome of the meeting. For some parents meeting with a room full of teachers can be intimidating. All too often the meeting consists of educated, white females. I am often the first African American teacher the student or parents have had interactions with. I can remember sitting in an IEP meeting for an hour when everyone had left the room besides me and the parent, I asked again if she had any questions or concerns. The parent asked, “What does all this mean for my child?” This parent sat in a meeting for an hour and had no idea what was being said nor did she feel comfortable

For this assignment, I observed an IEP meeting for a three year old boy. The child is a three year old Hispanic boy, and his native language is Spanish. The child was receiving speech services through Early Intervention.

The IEP team met today to conduct an annual review for Daniella Rayon. Two separate notifications were sent out to the parent/ student. SB 1108 was addressed and signed at the start of the meeting. The parent and student were both present.

Productive and successful IEP meetings require careful preparation on the part of all stakeholders. Guardians who arrive at their kids IEP meeting without have not have not done their assignment risk beforehand end up leaving the room without a full understanding of what they agreed to. In order to participate fully and confidently in the IEP meeting, guardians must be informed about the process, know details well, and in possession of all the information needed to make the best decisions regarding their kid. We must keep in mind that the focus is on the kid's needs, not the district's resources or the guardian's expectations.

As many know, the IEP is legal binding document that allows the students to be a recipient of special education services. It also specifies different accommodation/modifications, and instructional methods that will be of benefit to the student due to their exceptionality. As the IEP is brought together the IEP team, composed of parents, specialists, general and special education teacher, and sometimes administration are vital in the process because while the parents know the student best, it is those within the walls of the school know the best ways to help the student on their educational journey.

The IEP meeting took place at the Dominick's school. The leader of the meeting was Dominick's special education teacher who acted as the team coordinator. The major players in this meeting were the parents, special education teacher, general education teacher, and the middle school teacher as they are in preparation for Dominick's transition into middle school. In addition, the note taker, assistant principal, and the school psychologist were present.

Next the webinar described the steps taken by the school district to ensure participation in the IEP meeting. The individual components of the IEP were described. Finally Extended School Year (ESY) and the reevaluation process was described in the webinar.

Discussion: The team converged at Gregory Elementary school to participate in Donte's IEP meeting. The school counselor was not aware or forgot about the meeting which they scheduled . The meeting was rescheduled for Thursday 06/15/17 at 10 am. Tammy expressed frustration with school inability to communicate effectively. Tammy reported that Donte is behaving appropriately at home and in school. She informed the team that Donte's Risperdal was D/c'd because of insatiable appetite, and significant weight gain.

Thomas is a high school student who has been suspended for getting upset in class, yelling at other students, and cursing at teachers and other staff members. Thomas is on an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) for and emotional disability. During the IEP process, Thomas’s team created a Behavior Improvement Plan (BIP) using the results from a Functional Behavioral Analysis (FBA). As the year progressed, Thomas’s cumulative days of suspension reached ten days and he therefore needed a manifestation determination meeting to determine if his behaviors were because of his identified disability.

In this case the IEP is the best tool to communicate the needs of the student. This is the first step I and the special service personnel take in communication and collaboration with each other. I follow the goals and strategies that are presented in the IEP in order to meet my students’ needs. At the same time, these information helps me design lessons based on their learning disability and best reach each student. Another important part in this collaboration is to keep the case carrier inform about the student’s development, and for this part I use report forms that I email to the case carrier. Also if there is an issue with the student I right away inform his/her case carrier and counselor, and they always help me resolve the problem. For

In the eighth grade I was diagnosed with a learning disability and was given a IEP. Even with the IEP I still struggled to maintain a passing grade through eighth grade and the first semester of ninth grade. During the ninth grade I was put into an academic support class and for the first half of the year I didn’t take advantage of it. I guess, at the time, I didn’t realize the importance of living up to my academic potential and always thought I was stupid and there was nothing I could do to change that. At the beginning of the second semester of my freshman year, my academic support teacher and I had a serious conversation about my future. I told her my plan to go to a four-year university and she didn’t take me seriously. She told me I was

All throughout my life I have been told that no matter what if I can dream it I can do it. I have had an IEP throughout my middle school and high school career. Something important that I have learned is that even though I have an IEP I should not let that define my educational career or define who I am as a person. Growing up I always knew that I was going to go to college and I think that motivated me a lot in school. I discovered my sophomore year that I was really had a passion for business. I decided to take several business classes. Looking back I am really happy that I choose to take those classes because they will put me ahead of my classmates in college and the classes have taught me the important’s of team work. My educational goals

In order to measure the effectiveness of this trial I wanted to look at the self-determination levels of my students before and after their IEP meetings. I used the Self-Determination Checklist from the Virginia Department of Education Training and Technical Assistance Centers (see Appendix C). Before giving any instruction to my student, I completed the checklist, my student completed the checklist, and then I averaged the two scores. The highest level of self-determination according to this scale would be 57. Student A averaged a score of 50 when s/he took the assessment and was able to determine a goal for him/herself and three actions steps to achieve that goal. Student B averaged a score of 27 and could determine a long term goal (astronautical