Your child might have an IEP

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A friend sent this to me. I could add hundred more!! I won't though. Enjoy!

Candis

If you have ever attended a meeting at school with 25 professionals... your

child might have an IEP.

If you are the only one wearing jeans.... your child might have an IEP.

If these professionals speak a different language.... your child might have an

IEP.

If the meeting room was the size of a closet... your child might have an IEP.

If you have ever been asked, " do you think your child is the only one in the

district? " ...your child might have an IEP.

If you have ever heard, " we do not have money for that! " ... your child might

have an IEP.

If you have ever been called an " overprotective, hysterical parent " or an

" uninvolved parent " ... your child might have an IEP.

If you have even taken an Advocate with you and the district Special Ed

Director says " you can't vote " ...your child might have an IEP.

If you have ever been told your child " will just grow out of it, " " is lazy, "

" slow, " irresponsible, " " immature and/or sensitive, " etc., etc... your child

might have an IEP.

If you feel you have walked into " Assertiveness Training 101 " by accident...your

child might have an IEP.

If you have ever been screamed at by a school official...your child might have

an IEP.

If you have ever been threatened by a school district official during or after

an IEP meeting... your child definately has an IEP.

If you have ever been told your child will be lucky to grow up and dig

ditches...your child might have an IEP.

If it has ever been suggested to move to another district...your child might

have an IEP.

If you have ever been invited to home school your child... your child might have

an IEP.

If you have ever called the school and asked for your child and were told " we do

not have anyone here by that name... " your child might have an IEP.

If your family is ever discussed in the teachers lounge... your child might have

an IEP.

If every time you call the school board office, the person you need to talk to

is in a meeting...you might have an IEP.

If a meeting with the school has ever been rescheduled more than twice to the

time you definitely can not come...your child might have an IEP.

If you have ever been patted on the shoulder and called " honey " by the

principal...your child might have an IEP.

If it has ever been suggested all your child needs is " more discipline to

straighten him/her up... " or that your child is " being manipulative " .. your

child might have an IEP.

If the school district have called the police on your chidl for a behavior

that is a manifestation of their condition...your child has an IEP.

If you have been asked by a teacher to " just sign it! " ... your child definitely

has an IEP...

If you have ever been called Ms./Mr. White something... your child might have an

IEP.

If you know your advocate's phone and fax number by heart...your child might

have an IEP.

If you have ever been forced into due process, state court, the district court

of appeals, federal court, or the federal circuit court on a fast track to the

U.S. Supreme Court... your child might have an IEP.

If you are known as a " Due process Queen " ... your child might have an IEP.

If you can quote federal statutes in your sleep...your child might have an IEP.

If you have ever requested your child's records and it took two years to receive

them...your child might have an IEP.

If you have ever been told, the district doesn't care if you sign the IEP or

not, services have ceased...your child might have an IEP.

If you have crossed out the words " Procedural Safeguards " on your copy and

written in " Procedural Land Mines " ... I know I have...then your child definitely

has an IEP...for what it's worth.

If a new teacher went to pull your child's cumulative records and had to make

two trips to get it . your child might have an IEP.

If you've been through a Due Process and [enter the state legal head here] knows

you by name . your child might have an IEP.

If you sign all your letters, " I look forward to your written response on or

before ten (10) business days " ... your child might have an IEP.

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Candis Firchau,MA,TLPC

Director

Inclusion Community Training Center

Advocacy, Behavioral Interventions, Counseling

and Training

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