1/7/2024 0 Comments Iep writer vs iep plus![]() ![]() Right now we are all in survival mode, but down the road we need to help put our students with disabilities back on track to participating, accessing and learning and the impact may be greater for them. ![]() This is why compensatory education is an important discussion that needs to happen in the future and why documenting the impact on your child is key. ![]() While most children are going to receive less education right now and it may take some time for everyone to catch up, for many students with disabilities the risk of this regression is complicated by the fact that it may take longer to regain (recoup) skills when IEP services are not being provided as agreed to in the IEP. For example, If your child was receiving specialized academic instruction to address their dyslexia but without it reading skills are decreasing, document this. Document How Your Child Is Doing Keep notes and records regarding problems you are seeing in terms of student regression (losing skills or falling behind where they were before the closures).If you need help knowing what your child was receiving in their IEP before the closures, we can help review it with you. Document What Is and Is Not Being Provided Right Now Parents can keep their own “service logs” to track exactly what support and services are (or are not) being provided and how (for example, specialized academic instruction, telemedicine time for counseling, parent consultation and training minutes, online classroom learning) to help in later discussions about what compensatory education services may be appropriate once schools physically reopen.Keep Options for Compensatory Education Open Youth and Parents can document in writing that they accept a temporary distance learning plan because of necessary school closures but do not agree that it offers the free and appropriate public education (FAPE) they or their child is entitled to under the IDEA and does not replace the IEP currently in effect. This guidance notes that special education services should be provided to the “extent reasonably possible” while schools are physically closed. Ask that this meeting focus on developing an individualized temporary distance learning plan (TDLP) consistent with a guidance from US Department of Education issues last month. Although some timelines have been temporarily suspended in California, the timeline annual IEP meetings or for parents to request an IEP to be held within 30 calendar days remains in effect. Request an IEP Meeting Write your special education administrator and request a (phone or online) Individual Education Plan (IEP) meeting as soon as possible. Tips for Families with School-Age Children with Individual Education Plans During the COVID-19 School Closures ![]()
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