Guest guest Posted December 3, 2006 Report Share Posted December 3, 2006 You can always record the IEP meeting, but if you do, the school will want to as well. If you wait until the meeting, they can use this as an excuse to postpone the meeting, saying that " we don't have a recorder available " . So tell them a few days ahead. Also, if they are being recorded, they may not try to put over some of their more outrageous deceptions. Darla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 3, 2006 Report Share Posted December 3, 2006 You can always record the IEP meeting, but if you do, the school will want to as well. If you wait until the meeting, they can use this as an excuse to postpone the meeting, saying that " we don't have a recorder available " . So tell them a few days ahead. Also, if they are being recorded, they may not try to put over some of their more outrageous deceptions. Darla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 We haven't tried to record an IEP meeting yet, but I asked about this recently at one of our special ed PTA meetings. I got the same answer - that we can tape but that they'd have to tape also, so that a tape could not be altered. The administrator also said that if the parents brought an attorney, then the district would have to bring their attorney. Marie --------------------------------- Cheap Talk? Check out Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 We haven't tried to record an IEP meeting yet, but I asked about this recently at one of our special ed PTA meetings. I got the same answer - that we can tape but that they'd have to tape also, so that a tape could not be altered. The administrator also said that if the parents brought an attorney, then the district would have to bring their attorney. Marie --------------------------------- Cheap Talk? Check out Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 > they can use this as an excuse to > postpone the meeting, saying that > " we don't have a recorder available " . This is exactly what we found, even when they knew in advance. So now we bring 2 tape recorders and offer the Vice Princ a choice of which he'd like to use. Guess what? His " broken " recorder started to work! What luck?! To answer the original question, we did not tape as we felt it would sour the atmosphere (If we tape, they tape, else no one tapes). But we found the official notes from the IEP omitted things we said even when we presented written data. The " notes " are just that, " notes " , not minutes we were told, so apparently they don't have to be accurate. We have a chair who ties to dominate everything, tho he has know knowledge of special ed and an special ed director who is full of good suggestions what are never implemented. It's the school's job to implement, and they don't remember if they even understand. Recording has stifled some of the discussion, but for the most part this has been good, since much of that were empty promises. It has also cut down on ranting and raving that several of the team members were prone to. Follow the meeting with a letter to the school stating what you believe was concluded and any actions that someone must take (e.g. the spec ed director promised to xyz by such and such date). Try to beat the school's notes. In some cases (not ours) the school has used the parent's notes as the official record. Much our decision to tape was based on our experience with our team which changed for the worse over 2 years. Only you can judge the mood of the team. State laws may apply. Your mileage may vary. HTH, Pete > > You can always record the IEP meeting, but if you do, the school will want > to as well. If you wait until the meeting, they can use this as an excuse to > postpone the meeting, saying that " we don't have a recorder available " . So > tell them a few days ahead. Also, if they are being recorded, they may not > try to put over some of their more outrageous deceptions. > > Darla > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 > they can use this as an excuse to > postpone the meeting, saying that > " we don't have a recorder available " . This is exactly what we found, even when they knew in advance. So now we bring 2 tape recorders and offer the Vice Princ a choice of which he'd like to use. Guess what? His " broken " recorder started to work! What luck?! To answer the original question, we did not tape as we felt it would sour the atmosphere (If we tape, they tape, else no one tapes). But we found the official notes from the IEP omitted things we said even when we presented written data. The " notes " are just that, " notes " , not minutes we were told, so apparently they don't have to be accurate. We have a chair who ties to dominate everything, tho he has know knowledge of special ed and an special ed director who is full of good suggestions what are never implemented. It's the school's job to implement, and they don't remember if they even understand. Recording has stifled some of the discussion, but for the most part this has been good, since much of that were empty promises. It has also cut down on ranting and raving that several of the team members were prone to. Follow the meeting with a letter to the school stating what you believe was concluded and any actions that someone must take (e.g. the spec ed director promised to xyz by such and such date). Try to beat the school's notes. In some cases (not ours) the school has used the parent's notes as the official record. Much our decision to tape was based on our experience with our team which changed for the worse over 2 years. Only you can judge the mood of the team. State laws may apply. Your mileage may vary. HTH, Pete > > You can always record the IEP meeting, but if you do, the school will want > to as well. If you wait until the meeting, they can use this as an excuse to > postpone the meeting, saying that " we don't have a recorder available " . So > tell them a few days ahead. Also, if they are being recorded, they may not > try to put over some of their more outrageous deceptions. > > Darla > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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