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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 390317" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Marg, hi <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> For the record, to get an IEP it has to be in writing. Verbal stuff doesn't work. An IEP is a legal contract <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> The IEP process is expensive for the school to do, which is why just a friendly chat often doesn't get you anywhere. On the other hand, if the child DOES need Special Education after he is tested, the school gets extra money, but the teachers have to do a lot of extra work, such as modifying the curriculum for every single student who has an IEP. They don't like to do them (I have two close family members who work in Special Education in different school districts). Everything has to be done the "right" way for an IEP. If it's casual and not an actual IEP, the schools can turn around and stop doing what they said they'd do, and the child is not protected in any way. Nor are the school districts held accountable. Unless it is an IEP, there is no way to make the school district enforce the interventions. There are 504's too, but they are not legal and the schools often don't use what interventions are put into a 504, which is why I want an IEP for Jumper and Sonic (my new name for my son...because, well, he loves Sonic the Hedgehog!) Been there/done that/getting pretty good at knowing the laws!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 390317, member: 1550"] Marg, hi :) For the record, to get an IEP it has to be in writing. Verbal stuff doesn't work. An IEP is a legal contract :) The IEP process is expensive for the school to do, which is why just a friendly chat often doesn't get you anywhere. On the other hand, if the child DOES need Special Education after he is tested, the school gets extra money, but the teachers have to do a lot of extra work, such as modifying the curriculum for every single student who has an IEP. They don't like to do them (I have two close family members who work in Special Education in different school districts). Everything has to be done the "right" way for an IEP. If it's casual and not an actual IEP, the schools can turn around and stop doing what they said they'd do, and the child is not protected in any way. Nor are the school districts held accountable. Unless it is an IEP, there is no way to make the school district enforce the interventions. There are 504's too, but they are not legal and the schools often don't use what interventions are put into a 504, which is why I want an IEP for Jumper and Sonic (my new name for my son...because, well, he loves Sonic the Hedgehog!) Been there/done that/getting pretty good at knowing the laws! [/QUOTE]
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