IEP strategies link

[Sweetum]

I found this through another board, thought it might be helpful to those here as well. I haven't read it completely but seems helpful.
http://adayinourshoes.com/printable-...r-iep-meeting/

[SASM]

I realize this is kind of older but I am new to this IEP thing. This is a list that would be beneficial AFTER all of the testing is done and we sit down to discuss the results, correct? I just had the meeting to meet the accessors today and get the ball rolling...90 days to complete the process. I just glazed over without DH by my side...very overwhelming.

[pastrygirl]

I realize this is kind of older but I am new to this IEP thing. This is a list that would be beneficial AFTER all of the testing is done and we sit down to discuss the results, correct? I just had the meeting to meet the accessors today and get the ball rolling...90 days to complete the process. I just glazed over without DH by my side...very overwhelming.

I'm still new to this despite having an IEP for the past 2.5 school years... but from reading a few items on the list, they sound like items that appear in the "Accomodations" section of my son's IEP. Some are there before an IEP meeting, some get added during the meeting. I'm not sure what you're referring to with the 90 days; is that an observation time, after which they go over the results and draft an IEP? If so, then you still have quite a bit of time before an IEP is actually put in place.

[Gena]

I realize this is kind of older but I am new to this IEP thing. This is a list that would be beneficial AFTER all of the testing is done and we sit down to discuss the results, correct? I just had the meeting to meet the accessors today and get the ball rolling...90 days to complete the process. I just glazed over without DH by my side...very overwhelming.

Hugs. It can all be so confusing when you're just starting the process. DS has had an IEP for almost 7 years and I still learn new things all the time.

The list is for accommodations and modifications that can go on the IEP. Accommodations are things that help your child access the standard curriculum, such as preferential seating or allowing a student to type instead of write by hand. Accommodations can be used during classroom instruction and during state standardized testing, if written into the IEP. Modifications are things that adapt the curriculum to be more appropriate to the students needs, such as alternate assignments or working at a lower grade level. Modifications apply to classroom instruction, but not to standardized testing (however in some states students with significant modifications might take alternate versions of the tests.)

Usually, the assessments are done, then there is a results meeting, and then there is an IEP meeting (if the student is found eligible). Sometimes districts will have the results meeting and the IEP meeting during the same session, although procedurally they are still considered 2 separate meetings, with separate attendance lists and paperwork.

[SASM]

Thank you so much, mamas, for clarifying things!! We just had our initial meeting today. Assessments have to be completed within 90 days. Then we have the results meeting.