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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks everyone. This meeting to to put the IEP together. We've been to a number of meetings and she does qualify for services. Is this contentious in some cases because the parents want more services and the county wants to give as little as possible?

* If this is the case why doesn't the county just say "hey your kid is fine" during the evaluation?

Thanks again I am really trying to understand what is going on before this meeting. They make it sound like a big deal and if it is in fact I want to be totally prepared.

To the PP, I definitely will use the key words you suggested. 
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Parents want the best possible education for their children; schools have to provide an 'appropriate' education. There can be a gap between those two things leading to contentiousness.

The reality is that schools have limited funds, limited numbers of specialists and have to juggle schedule and needs of all students with disabilities. So while they are not legally "ALLOWED" to take things like that into consideration when developing Susie's IEP plan, there are limits to all resources.

There can also be disagreements between school staff and parents over whether a disability is really having an educational impact. We fought for years to get social skills included for our child who had speech delays in his IEP. We knew this was done at other schools and it seemed obvious to us. The school argued that being able to communicate and interact with peers wasn't required to 'access the curriculum' and therefore not appropriate for an IEP. Eventually when things like group projects were part of the curriculum and he struggled with them, we got this added.

The good news is that IEPs can be updated, or amended more than once a year. You have to be the PITA parent, and call extra meetings, but you can.

Make sure the goals developed are specific and measureable. There are lots of good websites out there with sample goals. Look at the ones that seem to address your child's issues to get a sense of how they are written.

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