Law Requirements for Your Struggling learner

<p>Today's episode is a replay of one of our most requested episodes. Enjoy!</p><p>We are here at the beginning of another school year, and after the chaos of the past 2-3 school years, none of us knows what to really expect for 2022-2023! One thing we are noticing is that a lot of parents want IEPs for their students. In today’s episode, we go back to basics with a refresher about what you should expect, what the law requires, and how you can be empowered to help your child. Join us to learn more!</p><p><strong>Show Highlights:</strong></p><ul><li>Why the terminology used in “special education” is important from a legal perspective</li><li>What the law provides in regards to a “free and appropriate public education”</li><li>Why everything hinges on assessments</li><li>Why “student success team meetings” don’t exist in the legal sense and are often a delay tactic used by the school system</li><li>How learning problems are manifesting themselves because of the trauma of COVID impeding the child’s access to learning</li><li>Why the parent’s initial suspicion of a problem is enough to request assessments from the school system</li><li>How there is a wide range of assessments that can be done over several days or weeks</li><li>Why it’s beneficial to the parent to get a copy of the assessment a couple of days before the IEP meeting</li><li>What the law requires in scheduling IEP meetings at a “mutually convenient time and place” (Virtual meetings are fine!)</li><li>Why parents should not be afraid to ask for clarification and explanation in IEP meetings</li><li>Why parents DO NOT have to sign the IEP paperwork at the meeting; it’s fine to take it home to look over with your partner and consider the recommendations (You can agree to the entire IEP or only parts of it.)</li><li>Why parents have the right to ask for an IEP meeting at any time and not wait for the annual one</li><li>Why it helps to provide details to the school about why something isn’t working for your child&nbsp;</li></ul><br/><p><strong>&nbsp;Links/Res