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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In addition to my post above - the timeline for the school to address your request for evaluations does not get put on hold during the summer. The county has a team that does these evaluations over the summer.  Even when school is closed, the district has a responsibility to address these referrals. But if your child is meeting or exceeding expectations in all or most areas, an IEP and the evaluation process may not be the right path. [/quote]

+1.  It is true that the timeline doesn't get put on hold during the summer.  The timeline is strict.  If you've made a written request for an IEP, the school has 30 days to schedule the 1st meeting, in which they determine if there is a "reasonable suspicion" of a disability that adversely impacts education and necessitates special instruction.  If the team determines, yes, then they have another 60 days to do the assessment and hold a final "IEP determination" meeting.  This is the meeting where they give a clear yes/no to having an IEP.  If yes, then the team has another 30 days to write the IEP.

These timelines cannot be broken just because of summer vacation.  But, you might consider whether it's to your advantage to have the meeting during the school year.  If you have a teacher who has been supportive in arguing for your child's needs, you can request to have them present at the IEP meeting.  But, if the meeting is held in the summer, most teachers are gone and can't participate.  The law says that the IEP team has to have at least one general education teacher participating.  It's better if there's one that knows your child and agrees that your child needs an IEP, but in the summer, the school system will dig up whatever live general education body they have to comply with the law.

FYI, sometimes the team will collapse the timeline.  For example, if an IEP request is accompanied by a private neuropsych report, the team might decide to hold eligibility and determination together, particularly if the report is comprehensive enough and from qualified personnel, that the school psych doesn't want to waste her limited time doing more testing.  Or the determination and IEP draft meeting might be held together.  A good special ed school realizes it's better to combine some of these meetings.  [/quote]

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