On Thursday October 5th, I was invited to participate in an IEP team meeting as the regular education teacher. This student has down syndrome, identified at birth, and is receiving services as intellectually disabled. This student is in a self-contained classroom therefore, his current teacher served as the special education teacher for the purposes of this meeting. The following people attended this meeting: Mrs. Katherine Fields (ARC Advocate), Dr. Neiman (Main speech therapist, over the phone), Mrs. Bennett (LEA representative), Mrs. Diggs (ACS EC Director, as a precaution because the parents expressed that they were not happy), Mrs. Sikes (Regular Education), Mrs. Bernard (Special Education Teacher), Mrs. Liles (Speech therapist),
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Coming to us from another school district, this child received more speech therapy than we are currently offering him at this time. These parents feel it is impacting his progress and would like their son to be re-evaluated in order to qualify for further services. This child’s parents do not feel their child is receiving enough speech at this time. Currently he receives speech two times a month for thirty minutes. The parents don’t believe 30-minute speech twice (once whole group and once individual) a month is sufficient. In his previous county, he was receiving speech five times a week for thirty minutes. Their primary concern is that he is having trouble verbalizing pronouns, with reading and answer comprehension, subject/verb agreement, and syntax. His parents want him to function in society, not just in the …show more content…
Before conducting standardized tests, both the parents and school felt as though hearing impairments needed to be ruled out. This decision is based on information his mother shared about her son and his tubes. Based on the results of this test, his mother is to call the school and set up a follow-up meeting to proceed with the re-evaluation process. If the hearing checks out with the audiologist, Mrs. Diggs, our county special education representative said it is possible that an IQ, Speech/Language, Educational, Psychological- Intellectual Assessment, and Adaptive Behavior Plan be put in place. The next meeting will discuss a testing plan and testing permission. When the results are back from testing, a third meeting will take place and the IEP along with transition goals will also be evaluated and updated. At this time, the parents and school are satisfied with the current steps moving forward. The mother said that she still wants more, but it is a step in the right direction. The conclusion of this meeting set the stage for future discussion, evaluation, and agreement. Moving forward, the teacher will be focusing on gathering more data and specific instances of Isaac's speech issues for documentation
Coming to us from another school district, this child received more speech therapy than we are currently offering him at this time. These parents feel it is impacting his progress and would like their son to be re-evaluated in order to qualify for further services. This child’s parents do not feel their child is receiving enough speech at this time. Currently he receives speech two times a month for thirty minutes. The parents don’t believe 30-minute speech twice (once whole group and once individual) a month is sufficient. In his previous county, he was receiving speech five times a week for thirty minutes. Their primary concern is that he is having trouble verbalizing pronouns, with reading and answer comprehension, subject/verb agreement, and syntax. His parents want him to function in society, not just in the …show more content…
Before conducting standardized tests, both the parents and school felt as though hearing impairments needed to be ruled out. This decision is based on information his mother shared about her son and his tubes. Based on the results of this test, his mother is to call the school and set up a follow-up meeting to proceed with the re-evaluation process. If the hearing checks out with the audiologist, Mrs. Diggs, our county special education representative said it is possible that an IQ, Speech/Language, Educational, Psychological- Intellectual Assessment, and Adaptive Behavior Plan be put in place. The next meeting will discuss a testing plan and testing permission. When the results are back from testing, a third meeting will take place and the IEP along with transition goals will also be evaluated and updated. At this time, the parents and school are satisfied with the current steps moving forward. The mother said that she still wants more, but it is a step in the right direction. The conclusion of this meeting set the stage for future discussion, evaluation, and agreement. Moving forward, the teacher will be focusing on gathering more data and specific instances of Isaac's speech issues for documentation