Parents do not have to have the IEP student present in IEP meetings unless the student is age 18. However students are expected to participate at age 16 to prepare for transition to adulthood.
Carefully ponder if the student needs to be in the meeting. This can be a disheartening experience for a student who struggles in school, and who has not been understood by school staff. Sometimes such student will inadvertently undermine the efforts of the parent in the IEP meeting. Some parents are lead to believe that it is mandatory.
Advocates at the iep center help parents solve IEP problems by providing information so they can advocate for the child with special needs. Don’t be bamboozled! Waiting and hoping for problems to go away allows our children to regress. Hoping the problem will go away will only delay getting the problem addressed. Don’t be misled.
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We help parents at low-cost. We help parents prepare for school meetings and also go to mediation and IEP meetings with parents.
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