IEP meeting

November 7, 2008

Mac started attending his IEP meetings when he was in 3rd grade. He still

pretty much just sits there...but he IS there...I want him to be his own best

advocate as he gets older and I think he needs to start learning/observing the

IEP meetings and feel comfortable with people talking about him, questioning and

having the TEAM members get used to him being there and listening to HIM and

remembering that HE is the reason we are there. Kit, is another story, not sure

because of the wild child she is if she'll be able to attend a meeting by 2nd

grade--but I " m hoping so.

Jill

Mom to Mac (10 yrs., 5th grade, Ds) and Kit (7 yrs., 1st grade, Ds)

Re: IEP Meeting

that was a great meeting... hopefully Vickie will want to attend as she gets

older

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From: " K M " <b4alltoday@...>

Hi

Another successful year developing Sara's IEP !!! I also need to say also how

proud I am of Sara. She's been attending her IEP meetings since our move to this

county, usually she's pretty quiet and not an active member unless you count her

totally distracting her father (she likes to make fun of him ... even in public)

This year before the meeting she kept telling me she wanted to take Chorus as

a class in her 11th grade year (to late for this year) I told her bring it up at

the meeting .......... well she did !!! she soooo thinks she's going to be a

pop-star here in Nashville and practices singing and dancing daily. Well this is

going to be done and we are looking at another creative art class too like drama

....which she said she'll be good at ........ not sure if she totally grasps we

mean Drama as in acting and not Drama as in teenage behavior lol

Again this year she is included in all but Reading and Math, there we are

continuing her decoding skills and sight-reading. The school suggested a few

life skills but she already knows the stuff they mentioned and everything else

I'll teach her. I suggested learning good food choices (the pyramid) and

monitoring a healthy lifestyle using her math goals, calculation, charting,

researching, reading labels etc... this is a new area we will move into Sara can

already identify most junk foods lol but now she can monitor herself with this

plan and practice good choices.

Maybe we can make this a family activity lol

Kathy mom to Sara 16 ......... I'm home sick with a bug ...... Tater too

November 7, 2008

At Mav's HS they start working with the students a couple weeks before the IEP.

They pull them in and talk to them about themselves, interests, disability and

how it affects them, goals for the future. Then they make a Power Point

Presentation with that. Then, at the IEP we start with the student presenting

the Power Point and a discussion of what was on it. (The first time he did it,

I CRIED!!) After that Mav is dismissed because he has no desire to add anything

else to the discussion and he hates missing his classes or lunches and also, I

don't like having him hear about modifications and stuff in regards to himself.

November 7, 2008

I love the PP idea! Our meetings are usually before school so Mac hasn't had

to miss anything and he doesn't mind being there so it works now.

As an intervention specialist SO many kids at my level (7th, 8th, 9th grades) do

not want anything to do with their IEP meetings and I try to tell them it's

THEIR life...you need to be there...they don't want to be talked about, they

don't want any say in what their program is going to look like,etc--most of

these are kids with learning disabilities who are quite capable of speaking up

for themselves, etc...but, in my opinion, because they've never been

expected/asked to, it's hard to get them to do so by the time they are in JH/HS.

Jill

Re: IEP Meeting

At Mav's HS they start working with the students a couple weeks before the

IEP. They pull them in and talk to them about themselves, interests, disability

and how it affects them, goals for the future. Then they make a Power Point

Presentation with that. Then, at the IEP we start with the student presenting

the Power Point and a discussion of what was on it. (The first time he did it, I

CRIED!!) After that Mav is dismissed because he has no desire to add anything

else to the discussion and he hates missing his classes or lunches and also, I

don't like having him hear about modifications and stuff in regards to himself.

November 7, 2008

Hi

Sara kind of distracts me ....... I've never invited her to the meetings because

of this. If my voice would ever change in tone she'd be the first to point that

out .......... I know she'd ask " do you hate them mom " lol which she says to

everyone that gets on to her with a different tone lol

In the past she'd stay awhile then leave. At her re-eval meeting last month she

was not in attendance and I'm so glad. Talking about her weaknesses bothered me

with her in the room, she is aware and doesn't like to be nit picked. At this

meeting I kept thinking wow what if when she's 18 she kicks me out lol

Kathy mom to Sara 16 ......... excuse typos my hands and fingers hurt so bad

From: and FRANK

Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 5:34 PM

K M ; ; annshelley@...

Subject: Re: IEP Meeting