IEP Help Understanding Timelines Types of Guidelines in Special Education In special education law, there are two types of timelines — specific and general. Specific timelines utilize calendar or business days as a form of measurement, while the general timelines…
IEP Help: Understanding the IEP Meeting Individualized Education Plan (IEP) meetings are the most stressful meetings a parent will have to attend during their child’s school age years. Parents are rarely told what to expect at the meeting, causing undue…
IEP Help Understanding Goals In order to understand goals, you need to understand their relationship with Present Levels of Performance (PLOPs) and services and setting. Without understanding this relationship, you lose the purpose of the IEP and it just becomes…
IEP Help Understanding Extended School Year (ESY) There is often much confusion surrounding ESY. Part of this can be attributed to the lack of guidance provided in IDEA which originally left the definition of ESY wide open for interpretation. Through…
IEP Help Understanding Transition Meetings Understanding that the word “transition” is used in a variety of ways in special education can eliminate a lot of confusion for parents. One of the ways it is most commonly used is for transition…