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...who says no to a dog. Parents of a child with an IEP tend to read it twice, because they have learned...The two of them are evaluated and registered as a team through an organization such as Pet Partners, Alliance...and living with the handler for months before the team is even evaluated. What a therapy dog does not have...

...sitting at the kitchen table the night before the IEP meeting, and the folder in front of you has grown...child's disability is real enough to justify an IEP. It's how much of your child's medical life needs...child's medical life needs to be on paper for a team of educators to do their job. The answer is less...

...recommend starting at 14. This is the age to add a transition goal to the IEP: a written statement of what your child wants their life to look like after...discussed in it. Even non-verbal students can communicate preferences through a team member who knows their communication style. If the school hasn't invited...

...time." No breakdown of the standard the team applied, no mention of what data they...form denial stapled behind pages of IEP paperwork you've already read a dozen...needs. That's not how the law works. The IEP team is required to evaluate ESY based...That's not how the law works. The IEP team is required to evaluate ESY based on...

The spring IEP review has a way of feeling like paperwork. The...having missed the one window where they had the whole team in a room together for ten weeks. Once summer starts,...progress-monitoring data for every goal on the current IEP, not a paraphrase of it. For an academic goal, that...

Your student has an IEP. You've attended transition meetings...attended transition meetings where the team discusses post-graduation goals. What...place. Pre-ETS isn't a replacement for IEP transition services. It's a parallel...shadowing in workplaces that match their IEP employment goals. Work-based learning...

...appropriate public education. No more IEP. The support structure that's been there...planning is the section of your child's IEP that prepares them for life after high...(many states require it by 14), the IEP team must include measurable postsecondary...(many states require it by 14), the IEP team must include measurable postsecondary...

Your child's IEP follows them from school to school....But here's what also happens: the new team looks at the accommodations, nods, and...assessments. You sit in that first IEP meeting at the new building, and unless...adjustment. The staff who wrote their IEP won't be there. The institutional memory...

For twelve years, your child had a team. Teachers modified assignments, IEP meetings happened on a schedule, and... For twelve years, your child had a team. Teachers modified assignments, IEP meetings happened on a schedule, and someone in the building knew exactly...

...no later than the first IEP after a student turns 16....creates better outcomes. The IEP team can determine that...better outcomes. The IEP team can determine that transition...document. It's part of the IEP. Starting at age 16 (or...age 16 (or earlier), the IEP must include measurable...preferences, and interests. The IEP also includes the transition...

Your child's IEP was written in September....accessible anymore. The IEP team reconvenes in...anymore. The IEP team reconvenes in a crisis,...not. An anticipatory IEP plans for change...that reconvene the team when function shifts,...Progressive Conditions. IEP 101: What Every Parent...aren't safe. The IEP written in September...from last year's IEP with minor edits....

...a bonus. It's the foundation of everything else. Under IDEA, your child's IEP team must consider: Communication needs and the child's preferred mode...bonus. It's the foundation of everything else. Under IDEA, your child's IEP team must consider: Communication needs and the child's preferred mode of communication...