The regs state that reevaluations shall occur not less than once a year. If a full blown new evaluation is not felt to be needed by parents and sd, it's an abbreviated version -- lots of "informal means." If the sd or parent wants a full re-evaluation, that's what needs to be done. In cases like Learning Disability (LD), a formal evaluation is often needed to check the progress being made.
The transition plan is suppose to come on-line at age 14. If you feel that difficult child is up to it, having him present can be a good thing. If student bashing goes on in your IEP meetings OR if a difficult child has an anxiety problem, it's not necessarily a good thing for the kids to be present in my opinion. Chronological age just doesn't equal 14 yrs and on-target maturity or emotionally.
Our last IEP meeting the transition plan kicked in. I would not allow difficult child to attend. He was given documents to fill out about his goals after high school and the school counselor discussed the documents with him. difficult child was in a full-blown anxiety episode and we just didn't need additional pressure on him.
