Iep Reflection

As a parent of a child with an IEP, I understand the IEP process and the legal representation that encompasses it. As an educator, I understand and uphold the same process. The IEP document contains much valued information about someone’s son or daughter; it should be taken seriously. However, there are those who do not. Last year, during “IEP season”, I had a student with an “overly involved” mom. She did not make her son’s IEP easy. In fact, the meeting became so tumultuous that the area coordinator decided to table it since emotions were intense and the quality of the meeting was sinking fast. “Tabling the meeting” requires that the meeting be reconvened; it is not over! Due to how the meeting ended, the area coordinator made a unilateral decision and locked down the student’s IEP. The parents were not contacted. Goals were not discussed. Minutes were not accounted for. The educational team did not have a voice. When I heard about the locking down of the IEP, I immediately informed my supervisor to discuss any options I had. I chose this as an unethical example that happened in the workplace because of how close I am to the entire IEP process personally. I sit on both sides …show more content…
Do I provide adequate space for privacy? Do I look beyond the person’s disability and treat the person with respect? Behavior analysts can help to ensure dignity for their clients by defining their own roles” (Cooper, p. 674). This student’s dignity was not taken into account when his IEP was finalized before the team came together to finish it. This student was stripped of his dignity and his right as an individual when the team was not given a final say in his educational decision making process. As a behavior analyst, we are required to uphold each client’s dignity; we are to extend the golden rule to the utmost extreme. When that doesn’t occur, it only adds fuel to the