[nabs-l] IEP meeting in senior year of high school

Thu May 21 20:17:45 UTC 2015

	I do not believe it is necessarily the case, that one’s individual preparation factors into the final meeting. In my own instance, I had been working for, and with, the DS office at the local University since my first year of high school, and had only two options for college due to my grade-point average being below the minimum required grade point average. The two options were either the local community college, or the local university, and since I had just received a letter three weeks prior to my meeting that my denial was reversed per regulations dictating that SAT scores could gain one admittance, I was certainly going to select my University (I was lazy academically in high school, from my freshman to junior year, but not in my preparatory work, which all of my teachers, administrators, and others were aware of).
	This discussion has been extremely interesting. It seems many peoples experiences were similar to mine, but others were not. I am curious to know, if it is an arbitrary process of determining what goes into the last meeting, or if there is a set criterion. In either case, what seems to be standard is a rapping up of loose ends. Which, of course, ought to be done for consistency sakes, anyways.

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From: nabs-l [nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] on behalf of Kaiti Shelton via nabs-l [nabs-l at nfbnet.org]
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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] IEP meeting in senior year of high school

I think a lot of it depends on how early you started college prep on
your own.  There wasn't much talk at all about college beyond where I
was going in the fall in my meeting because I had my eye on the school
since Sophomore year and had been in contact with the disability
services office since the beginning of my junior year.  My mom and I
always mentioned when we visited UD or had plans to visit in IEP
meetings, so it was documented that I had my intake with the DS office
there and already had the discussions about my responsibilities verses
the school's responsibilities, what my accommodations would be, etc.

Now, sophomore year is extremely early to pick a plan for college and
go as far as to identify it and start talking to DS staff, but if
you've already had those discussions that the final IEP is intended
for they may not repeat them or at least might acknowledge they've
already taken place and just summarize them again.

On 5/20/15, Michael D Ausbun via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hello there,
>       My last meeting was an interesting one. Instead of having the traditional,
> “here is what accommodations he needs, here is what accommodations he is
> receiving currently, here are all the goals we accomplished, and here are
> new goals.” With all my current teaches and administration, we invited the
> Assistant director of the University’s Disability services, a representative
> from Vocational rehabilitation services, all of my current teachers and
> administration, and a few of my family, in order to discuss what I had
> achieved, and my future vocational, and educational goals. It was somewhat
> long, extremely boring, and in retrospect unbeneficial. Not because we did
> not discuss interesting and relevant topics, but because since then, all of
> what I had said has changed. For example, I no longer am a triple major in
> English, Philosophy and history, with minors in Anthropology and political
> science, with aspirations of becoming a high school government teacher for
> IB or AP. Now, I am a double major in Political Science and Philosophy, with
> duel minor in Anthropology and Religious studies, with my vocational goals
> being a foundation professor and a policy analyst/advocate for marginalized
> populations, or otherwise disenfranchised groups of people.
> Hope some of what I said was of some help, though I have a feeling that my
> meeting might have been atypical, because they (the teachers and
> administrators) were excited that I managed to do a 180, and actually
> graduated (with a 4.0; though that is another story entirely).
> Respectfully,
> Michael
>
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> nabs-l [nabs-l at nfbnet.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 5:00 PM
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> Cc: Sophie Trist
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] IEP meeting in senior year of high school
>
> Sami, I did things a little differently. Like yu, I've just
> recently graduated high school. We didn't have an IEP meeting my
> senior year. The last one I attended was held at the end of my
> junior year. My guidance counselor requires each student to
> submit their college choice to him, so that took care of that
> process. As for ordering equipment, Voc Rehab is taking care of
> that, and my VR counselor has never attended one of my IEP's.
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kaiti Shelton via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Wed, 20 May 2015 18:57:56 -0400
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] IEP meeting in senior year of high school
>
> Hi,
>
> I remember my last meeting in senior year going similarly.
> Everyone
> (though I don't think my voc rehab counselor was there and am
> pretty
> sure I met with her separately) discussed my case and my plans,
> and
> set my IEP to terminate services at the end of the school year.
> It is
> pretty painless.
>
> As is the case with any kind of important documentation it needs
> to be
> shown that the services are ending so everyone's back is covered.
>
> On 5/20/15, Roanna Bacchus via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>  Hi Sami hope things are going well.  I had my last IEP meeting
>  when I was a senior in high school.  Both my parents and I
>  attended this meeting along with my teachers and my cournselor
>  from the state rehab agency for the blind.  We discussed things
>  like what kinds of college courses I would be taking and the
>  proper equipment that I would need to complete my coursework.
> We
>  also discussed the grades that I was receiving in my classes at
>  that time.  I also had an iep in my junior year of high school
>  that I did not attend.  Let me know if you have any other
>  questions.
>
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