With Lisa Lightner, Special Education Advocate and Creator of ADayInOurShoes.com
September 27, 2023 CSE Meeting
The goal of this presentation is to teach parents how to implement IEP habits to make them a better advocate.
September 27, 2023 CSE Meeting
The goal of this presentation is to teach parents how to implement IEP habits to make them a better advocate.
- Tip 1: Commit to getting everything in writing - if it wasn’t documented, it didn’t happen
- Dedicate an online space (email folder) and a physical space (drawer) where you keep everything you receive
- Keep track of things in a readily accessible notebook/calendar
- Tip 2: Commit to learning NOREP - understanding the importance of a solid Parent Concerns Letter and pairing it with the PWN (prior written notice or NOREP in PA)
- Before a school can change FAPE (free and appropriate public education) they have to notify the parent on the NOREP listing the reasons why
- In PA, if a parent does not sign the NOREP within 10 days of receipt, it automatically goes into effect
- Tip 3: Commit to knowing your rights and what to expect - read your Procedural Safeguards which is provided in the IEP process once a year
- Tip 4: Commit to creating a Snapshot IEP (summarizing your child’s IEP in one page - really useful for substitute teachers)
- Include what is crucial that your child receives
- Bring clarity as to what goals and accommodations are most important to you
- Tip 5: Commit to completing a Vision Statement for your child’s IEP
- Make sure your IEP team know where your child wants to be in the future, it’s a roadmap
- Tip 6: Commit to reading the IEP and compare it to the previous year
- Goals should not be removed from an IEP without a team meeting
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