Seminole County IEP meeting

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We just had an IEP meeting two weeks ago and brought 2 extra people with us. One

was an advocate and the other was my son's behavior therapist. He has apraxia

and autism. We wanted to get him an aide and have him in a typical classroom for

part of the day.

The advocate was not much help but our therapist was awesome. We were very

prepared. The advocate was actually surprised at how much we have already done

for my son. His IEP is very good-detailed. We managed to get a little more than

we wanted.

As far as speech is concerned they evaluated him and told us he passed his

articulation test. We just laughed. They said that because he has had so much

private therapy he has learned how the tests work and respond accordinly. He is

far from being understood by anyone! We do not rely on speech at school. It is

still good for him because they practice social skills but as far as specialized

therapy we do it on our own. We have provided his teacher with all the tools we

use but speech is always in group. I would bring documentation from a doctor

saying that your child NEEDS one on one speech. That may help.

Tanja  

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> We just had an IEP meeting two weeks ago and brought 2 extra people with us.

One was an advocate and the other was my son's behavior therapist. He has

apraxia and autism. We wanted to get him an aide and have him in a typical

classroom for part of the day.

> The advocate was not much help but our therapist was awesome. We were very

prepared. The advocate was actually surprised at how much we have already done

for my son. His IEP is very good-detailed. We managed to get a little more than

we wanted.

> As far as speech is concerned they evaluated him and told us he passed his

articulation test. We just laughed. They said that because he has had so much

private therapy he has learned how the tests work and respond accordinly. He is

far from being understood by anyone! We do not rely on speech at school. It is

still good for him because they practice social skills but as far as specialized

therapy we do it on our own. We have provided his teacher with all the tools we

use but speech is always in group. I would bring documentation from a doctor

saying that your child NEEDS one on one speech. That may help.

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