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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here - I am NOT stalling.  My child still needs the IEP regardless of what outside interventions we can put in place.

My child is already receiving tutoring services once a week and we are increasing it to 2x a week for now and I'm going to talk with the tutor about shifting to using an O-G intervention.

I am researching OTHER private tutoring options because this tutor cannot do more than 2 days a week.  I have been reading up on different options, making calls, all while preparing for the IEP meeting, trying to read and practice writing with my child, AND while managing a high amount of work professionally AND supporting my other child and trying to manage my home.  I literally only have so many hours in the day and am already getting very little sleep trying to accomplish EVERYTHING.  How the heck is that "stalling"??!

I do not live in a mansion, heck- I don't even live in Northern Virginia anymore.  I do not have a lot of "luxuries" in my home and I 100% do prioritize my children's education and doing the very best I can.  Shaming me saying that I am "stalling" and it doesn't make sense to keep trying for an IEP....like dang, you can fight for a good IEP AND do your best to get private services in place at the same time.  I am quite literally only one person.  There has been some helpful advice, but these last few comments....NOT helpful, at all. [/quote]

You’re doing great. Ignore them. You are following the steps to get appropriate services in school, and already have outside tutoring that you are increasing. You’re doing the right things.[/quote]

OP here.  Thank you!

I have an update to share.  We had the 3rd IEP meeting last week and I came in much more prepared than I was for the 2nd, but it ended up being an awful meeting! It lasted 2 hours, and we made a few changes to the accommodations and changed the 1 goal a little, but we kept going in circles again and again.  I did follow up with the sped director and after much communication over the weekend with proposed draft changes, and some additional requests for data from us, AND the sped director speaking directly with the principal, we had a much more productive IEP meeting yesterday.  It is much better than where it started and it's not perfect, but it's definitely a start.  I have heard that his sped case manager is an amazing teacher and she did seem really nice, but was limited at least in the meetings by what the principal was saying and doing.  She got to work with my child yesterday and it went really well!

I am going to look into summer reading programs for my child; probably in northern va (preferably very accessible from arlington).  I am looking into the Lindamood-Bell summer program, in Fairfax.

I also reached out to another family at our school who have a child receiving sped services and the mother also works for the district and so she has experienced navigating all of this with navigating those tricky relationships.  They live in our neighborhood and had us over for dinner and were so kind and encouraging!! It is so isolating in my community having my professional role and then being the parent of children with invisible disabilities and not feeling like I can access the same supports that other parents can access and just having it all so intermingled is incredibly hard.  [/quote]

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