Re: IEP blunders

[Guest guest]

No you are not the only one. And I am happy to see you are noticing

this! It's important! Data and data collection is a whole subject

unto itself. Two ideas quickly because I have to take off now - one,

ask to see the data being collected and being used to decide if he is

meeting his goals. This is so often not even done but you should find

out and ask and expect to see this on a regular basis. Two, in future

IEP's, ask and have this information put in and made use of by

everyone.

Roxanna

" The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do

nothing. " E. Burke

( ) IEP blunders

I feel like I've had the wool pulled over my eyes with everything that

I learn on a regular basis. So, I am wondering when you have made goals

for your iep such as... child will maintain proper pencil grip in 4 out

of 5 times. HOW OFTEN DOES THIS MEAN? Has anyone actually specified

weekly, daily, or even monthly in the actual iep??? If you haven't,

then how the hell do you know how often the observation is being done?

Am I the only one that got suckered into not getting that specified?

What other suprizes am I in for???

[Guest guest]

That's how our IEP's always worked. It kind of came down to a concensus...........a percentage. Did it really happen 70% of the time? Probably not.........

But,,,,,it's what those at the meeting and you feel is happening.

I've had bad tastes in my mouth about IEPs.....and good tastes,,,,,,but I feel this is the only real measurable way of those involved (whether good or bad)...to say where the child is at.

Hope this helps.

Robin

From: <doyourecycle@...>Subject: ( ) IEP blunders Date: Sunday, November 22, 2009, 8:40 PM

I feel like I've had the wool pulled over my eyes with everything that I learn on a regular basis. So, I am wondering when you have made goals for your iep such as... child will maintain proper pencil grip in 4 out of 5 times. HOW OFTEN DOES THIS MEAN? Has anyone actually specified weekly, daily, or even monthly in the actual iep??? If you haven't, then how the hell do you know how often the observation is being done? Am I the only one that got suckered into not getting that specified? What other suprizes am I in for???

[Guest guest]

What about this one: I had information to add to the present levels of performance and the staff wanted to add it on as only a typed page, stapled on the iep, not in the plop.  Why does staff/teachers want to do this kind of shoddy work???

On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 8:09 AM, Roxanna <MadIdeas@...> wrote:

 

No you are not the only one. And I am happy to see you are noticing

this! It's important! Data and data collection is a whole subject

unto itself. Two ideas quickly because I have to take off now - one,

ask to see the data being collected and being used to decide if he is

meeting his goals. This is so often not even done but you should find

out and ask and expect to see this on a regular basis. Two, in future

IEP's, ask and have this information put in and made use of by

everyone.

Roxanna

" The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do

nothing. " E. Burke

( ) IEP blunders

I feel like I've had the wool pulled over my eyes with everything that

I learn on a regular basis. So, I am wondering when you have made goals

for your iep such as... child will maintain proper pencil grip in 4 out

of 5 times. HOW OFTEN DOES THIS MEAN? Has anyone actually specified

weekly, daily, or even monthly in the actual iep??? If you haven't,

then how the hell do you know how often the observation is being done?

Am I the only one that got suckered into not getting that specified?

What other suprizes am I in for???

[Guest guest]

In my son's IEP, we set a goal of being able to do such & such at X% by the end

of the academic year. The goals should be realistic for your child, but some

should be a little bit of a challenge. The percentages were debated during the

meeting - and they always seemed to be made up on the spot. More like guidelines

than real data.

This is just my opinion, but I always worried that if the goals are too easy,

then maybe the teachers would report that your child has reached them all by the

end of the year, and maybe you won't get an IEP the next year.

Be sure to include some social goals that are easy for NT peers, but tough for

AS kids, such as being able to greet teachers and peers appropriately, speaking

at the appropriate volume, or making eye contact some of the time.