[blindkid] Questions for IEP

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If you feel like she gets excellent service but then they try to change part of that service (as has happened with us) tell them you will 'stay put' on current service. Do not sign the IEP at the meeting, do it after you have taken it home and reviewed thoroughly. Ask for summer services. Ask for equipment at home. Ask for parent conference time to be added to the IEP; that you consult with the TVI twice a month for x minutes. Ask for parental education on assistive technology. Ask how state testing will be done, accommodations. My third grade VI child also has his IEP coming up.

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> On Sep 10, 2017, at 10:09 AM, Carol Castellano via blindkid <blindkid at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Judy,
> 
> Is this a "big" IEP in the sense that new evaluations have been done?  If
> yes, have you had a chance to see the results yet?  I always wanted to see
> them in advance so that we would feel broad-sided at the meeting with
> something negative.
> 
> How do you think your daughter is doing in school?  Is she meeting last
> year's IEP goals?  Have the goals been appropriate?  Do you feel the school
> has been provided good, appropriate services?
> 
> Will you have a chance to see the IEP in advance?  It is not supposed to be
> presented to you as a done deal--it is supposed to be collaboratively
> created by all members of the team, including parents :-).
> 
> If you see the IEP in advance or for the first time at the meeting, do the
> goals seem appropriate?  Do you have other goals you'd like the school to
> be working on?  If yes, bring them to the meeting.
> 
> Hope this is helpful.
> 
> Carol
> 
> 
> Carol Castellano
> Parents of Blind Children-NJ
> National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
> 973-377-0976
> carol_castellano at verizon.net
> www.blindchildren.org
> www.nopbc.org
> 
> On Sun, Sep 10, 2017 at 12:04 PM, Judy Smothermon via blindkid <
> blindkid at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
>> I have a nine year old daughter that is visually impaired, she has her big
>> IEP meeting coming up in two weeks. Although she is provided excellent
>> service, as her parent I don't just want to go into this meeting sitting
>> back with no questions to ask. Can anyone offer any good advise on how to
>> prepare my husband and I to be our child's advocate, what are some good
>> questions to ask?
>> Thank you in advance, Judy
>> 
>> Judy Smothermon
>> 
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