IEP process a time for parents to advocate for child

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• soricobob posted at 5:46 am on Fri, Mar 11, 2011.

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  You described the process well. Parents should be forewarned: this is a very, very tiresome and overwhelming process. You should bring a PIN person with you, at least until you understand the process. Some school districts tend to assume that parents know very little, so the district hurries through the meeting. This meeting, which produces the IEP (which is a legal document) is very important. The parent should be asked his/her opinion (but it is often near the end of an hour-long technical discussion), and the parent feels put upon to even ask a question. Please, parents, bring a friend who has been through the process, it will be in your best interest.

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• Tookie88 posted at 9:49 pm on Tue, Mar 15, 2011.

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  Not to mention that the entire 504 process has changed the last few years...including those that didn't qualify a few years ago may now qualify.

  Also, even though teachers are pretty good about doing what is in a 504/IEP plan, we are only human and have over 30 kids to teach so parents please be supportive and patient with us teachers too. I have seen too many parents get upset and threaten lawsuits over simple things like a child being required by their 504 to always have two pencils in their desk and one day they only had one pencil. An exagerrated example, but you get my point.

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