IEPs and placement
A plan is only as strong as what it writes down
An individualized education program lists the goals your child is working toward, the services the school will provide and for how many minutes, and where that help happens. If something isn’t in the plan, it’s hard to hold anyone to it.
We read the plan next to your child’s records, mark what doesn’t match, and help you decide what to ask for. If the meeting doesn’t settle it, we explain the next steps, from mediation to a formal complaint.
Goals that can be measured
Services written in minutes, not “as needed”
A say in where your child is taught
Next steps when the team can’t agree
The checklist
What we look at in a plan, line by line
Goals
Does each goal have a number, a date and a way to measure it?
Minutes and services
Are services written as minutes a week, with who provides them?
Placement
Is your child taught where the plan says, with the supports it promises?
Progress reports
Do they arrive on the schedule in the plan, and do they match the data?
Who attends
Are the people the law requires at the meeting really in the room?
The next review
Is there a date for it, and is there time to prepare before then?
Meeting coming up?
Send us the draft plan and the date. We’ll mark what to ask about before you sit down.