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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]SPED teacher here. We have "pre-IEP" meetings to ensure that everyone is on the same page. I don't think its to gang up on the parent but to [b]rather ensure that there is not an unprofessional disagreement in the middle of the meeting. [/b]I know that we do "PRE-IEP" or RST meetings, during the IEP-B process where we are talking qualification. We want to make sure that everyone on the team is aware if the child is qualifying and under what or not qualifying and why. Trust me, I have been to a few meetings where the debate of Other Health Impairment or Emotional Disability has come to a head and team members are pissed.[/quote]

If everyone from the school is "on the same page" as a result of a "pre" IEP meeting, then the decision made at that "pre" IEP meeting and the parents are not really part of the IEP team.  If parents are to be a real part of the IEP, parents are supposed to be there when things get decided- not when the school already has there ducks in a row with everyone ready to fight for their side.  This is exactly why parents feel left out of the process and ignored.[/quote]

+1000[/quote]

Yes, I felt the same way when I was at the qualification mtg and I found out they had already made up their minds about whether my son had qualified and under what category. I was just getting the interpretation of the psych educational exam at that mtg (I had the report but I am no expert and we were getting the psychologist's explanation). I found out that they had already talked to the psychologist ahead of time and had planned that he qualified and under what category. That answered my question of: how could we possibly go through the entire 25+ page report and then decide whether he qualified and under what category in a mtg that was scheduled to be 1 hour long? I didn't think it was fair at all. Why would it be unprofessional for team members to disagree, in your view, SPED teacher??[/quote]

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