mikeys_mom
01-23-2013, 08:06 PM
We had an IEP meeting for DS today. He was recently diagnosed with Aspergers. He is also considered intellectually gifted and has a non-verbal learning disability.
They included all the accommodations I was expecting in the IEP. They basically compiled the recommendations from all the various assessments (psycho-ed, dev ped and shadow's observations). We've had several preliminary meetings so there wasn't really anything new to me in it. The only difference was that we were meeting with the english teacher (meeting with hebrew teacher is next week) who will be implementing many of the items.
I guess I was just expecting more specific items. It's hard to give a good brief example but the best I can think of is that the IEP says to use a system of reward tokens. I was hoping to hear the proposed system the teacher will use.
Another example is that they will use alternate methods to test his understanding of topics because handwriting is difficult for him. Some suggestions were oral, through art, etc... I had hoped that they would spell out the specific methods they thought the teacher should use or which to use in the different subject areas.
I'm a very concrete thinker and like to see the whole picture in front of me, but maybe I'm just expecting too much and a more generic IEP is how they are typically done.
I'm not terribly fussed about it at this point because we hired a shadow for him and she is starting Monday. She will help the teachers implement many of the accommodations relating to his ASD. I know that I will get daily feedback from her on what the teachers are and aren't doing and she will work with the teachers on suggesting. Plus, we have another follow-up meeting in 2 weeks to make any necessary changes after the shadow has started working with him.
But, the shadow is a temporary measure and the IEP will likely be there for most of his school days so I want to know going forward, what are reasonable expectations from an IEP? How specific are they or does it really depend?
They included all the accommodations I was expecting in the IEP. They basically compiled the recommendations from all the various assessments (psycho-ed, dev ped and shadow's observations). We've had several preliminary meetings so there wasn't really anything new to me in it. The only difference was that we were meeting with the english teacher (meeting with hebrew teacher is next week) who will be implementing many of the items.
I guess I was just expecting more specific items. It's hard to give a good brief example but the best I can think of is that the IEP says to use a system of reward tokens. I was hoping to hear the proposed system the teacher will use.
Another example is that they will use alternate methods to test his understanding of topics because handwriting is difficult for him. Some suggestions were oral, through art, etc... I had hoped that they would spell out the specific methods they thought the teacher should use or which to use in the different subject areas.
I'm a very concrete thinker and like to see the whole picture in front of me, but maybe I'm just expecting too much and a more generic IEP is how they are typically done.
I'm not terribly fussed about it at this point because we hired a shadow for him and she is starting Monday. She will help the teachers implement many of the accommodations relating to his ASD. I know that I will get daily feedback from her on what the teachers are and aren't doing and she will work with the teachers on suggesting. Plus, we have another follow-up meeting in 2 weeks to make any necessary changes after the shadow has started working with him.
But, the shadow is a temporary measure and the IEP will likely be there for most of his school days so I want to know going forward, what are reasonable expectations from an IEP? How specific are they or does it really depend?