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Our IEP meeting The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
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<blockquote data-quote="SuZir" data-source="post: 537933" data-attributes="member: 14557"><p>More I think about this meeting and the real IEP meetings we had, the sadder I become.</p><p></p><p>Or well, I'm not sure if those meetings we had with school were similar to your IEP meetings, but what I have read from here, they sound similar. But anyway, those meetings you have when kid has a problem or kid is a problem and there all kind of people and relevant specialists attend and meet parents and try to find ways to help a kid. Or more likely you have a meeting and pile of excuses why this or that crucial person is not present (I have been in the meeting there my difficult child's class teacher, who thought 90 % of his classes, wasn't there, a lot of good that meeting did...), then you talk and bemoan and sigh how difficult all is and how if you just had resources and... And then you may some vague plans and goals and kill few trees to write them down. And nothing changes but they have a big pile of paper to show that 'everything has been done to help.' So if IEP meetings are anything like that, when I have been in many.</p><p></p><p>But never, ever any of those school meetings were even near as good as this 'IEP meeting.' (I think we could consider difficult child being under apprenticeship contract, because while he is paid, big part of his 'pay' is indeed the education, coaching and playing time he is getting, so IEP meeting isn't really that far from truth.) The sad part is, that the only real reason for the difference that I can come up with (aside of this mental coach being really good) is, that difficult child's team has an interest on his development. In school difficult child was a problem they had to deal with and whom they could not get rid off. If they could, the probably would had. In his team difficult child is important and valuable and they really want him to learn. And that is a huge and sad difference.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuZir, post: 537933, member: 14557"] More I think about this meeting and the real IEP meetings we had, the sadder I become. Or well, I'm not sure if those meetings we had with school were similar to your IEP meetings, but what I have read from here, they sound similar. But anyway, those meetings you have when kid has a problem or kid is a problem and there all kind of people and relevant specialists attend and meet parents and try to find ways to help a kid. Or more likely you have a meeting and pile of excuses why this or that crucial person is not present (I have been in the meeting there my difficult child's class teacher, who thought 90 % of his classes, wasn't there, a lot of good that meeting did...), then you talk and bemoan and sigh how difficult all is and how if you just had resources and... And then you may some vague plans and goals and kill few trees to write them down. And nothing changes but they have a big pile of paper to show that 'everything has been done to help.' So if IEP meetings are anything like that, when I have been in many. But never, ever any of those school meetings were even near as good as this 'IEP meeting.' (I think we could consider difficult child being under apprenticeship contract, because while he is paid, big part of his 'pay' is indeed the education, coaching and playing time he is getting, so IEP meeting isn't really that far from truth.) The sad part is, that the only real reason for the difference that I can come up with (aside of this mental coach being really good) is, that difficult child's team has an interest on his development. In school difficult child was a problem they had to deal with and whom they could not get rid off. If they could, the probably would had. In his team difficult child is important and valuable and they really want him to learn. And that is a huge and sad difference. [/QUOTE]
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