IEP Support
Helping Your Children Achieve Their Academic Goals
An IEP (Individualized Education Plan) is a legal written contract that outlines each student’s educational plan that will authorize services and establish goals that lead to long term outcomes. It is replete with technical and educational language that most parents do not understand. We will provide you with a verbal explanation of your child’s IEP ensuring that you know what it says.
Together we will create a plan to get support for your child’s education through their IEP plan.
Know your rights
A child can have trouble in school, or not want to go to school, for many different reasons.
It can be because of behavioral or emotional issues, speech and language challenges, medical conditions, or learning differences or disabilities.
If you are a parent, foster parent, or guardian, or if you take care of a child who is not doing well in school, you can learn about special education services that may help your child.
Explore the topics below to learn more.
01.
Rights Of Parents
- The right to examine all records relating to their child;
- The right to participate in all meetings related to the identification, evaluation, and educational placement and program of their child;
- Procedures to protect a child’s rights when the parents are not known or cannot be located pending the appointment of a surrogate parent; or other educational rights holder;
- The right to written notice in the parents’ native language before a school proposes or refuses to initiate change in the identification, evaluation, or educational placement of their child;
- The right to mediation; and
- The right to present complaints and request a hearing about the identification, evaluation, or educational placement of their child.
02.
Special Education Needs And Services
If you are a parent, foster parent, guardian, or a person who holds education rights for a school-age child who is struggling in school, this information is for you. There are many reasons why a child may do poorly in school or not want to attend school regularly, including behavioral or emotional issues, language issues, medical problems, or learning disabilities. In addition, students who are in foster care may have experienced trauma that affects their ability to focus on school or leads to some of these behaviors and issues.
03.
Behavior And School Discipline
"My child has a behavioral issue but has not yet been determined to be eligible for special education."
If your child has not been found eligible for special education and has engaged in misconduct, he or she may still be protected from discipline or expulsion if the school knew that your child had a disability before the disciplinary action. The school is considered to have known of the disability if the parent had expressed concern in writing or submitted a request for assessment—or if the child’s teacher or another district employee had expressed concern about the child’s behavior—to the director of special education or other supervisory personnel.