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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Forgive my ignorance, but I’m genuinely curious as to what an IEP does for a teacher. I thought it provided a set of requirements that the teacher needs to follow to give extra help to a student with a diagnosis, in order to ensure the child is not left unsupported. If a teacher is already giving that support, why the desire on the teacher’s part for an IEP? And what can the parents do for the teacher given that they are not the ones in the classroom during school hours?[/quote]

Without an IEP, students cannot get extra support from a special educator. They cannot get testing or classroom accommodations such as extended time, repeated directions, small testing group away from distractions, a scribe, etc. Many teachers give some of these anyway but I have students who are so far behind that they really need individual goals and the aid of a special educator. You can’t get that kind of help without an IEP. You can only differentiate in class so much and the only they get, the more self conscious kids get. If you can read on a kindergarten level in 3rd grade, many students are embarrassed and will shut down or act up in class to deflect attention from the fact that they are so far behind. [/quote]

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