Inclusive Education Project Podcast

We are here at the beginning of another school year, and after the chaos of the past 2-3 school years, none of us knows what to really expect for 2022-2023! One thing we are noticing is that a lot of parents want IEPs for their students. In today’s episode, we go back to basics with a refresher about what you should expect, what the law requires, and how you can be empowered to help your child. Join us to learn more! Show Highlights: Why the terminology used in “special education” is important from a legal perspective What the law provides in regards to a “free and appropriate public education” Why everything hinges on assessments Why “student success team meetings” don’t exist in the legal sense and are often a delay tactic used by the school system How learning problems are manifesting themselves because of the trauma of COVID impeding the child’s access to learning Why the parent’s initial suspicion of a problem is enough to request assessments from the school system How there is a wide range of assessment