Tokeneke Special Education Representatives

IEP Meeting
Once your child’s evaluation is completed, you will be invited to attend an IEP meeting.

How To Prepare for the Meeting

• Decide who you would like to bring to the IEP meeting. You might consider bringing a person/people who know your child well such as a teacher/doctor or someone to support you in asking questions, taking notes and helping you advocate for your child.
• Review the evaluation results. Consider which parts of the evaluations you think are the most important, which parts you agree with, and which parts you have questions about.
• Gather information and documents from people who know your child, such as teachers, providers, or doctors that may be helpful in explaining your child’s needs.
• Be prepared to discuss your child’s strengths and needs, and how they affect his or her academic, social and emotional, and physical development.

What Will Happen at the Meeting?

A review of the information from the evaluation and other sources to determine whether your child is eligible for special education services. If so, the team will work together in the meeting to develops an Individualized Education Program (IEP).

Who is on the IEP Team?

• You, the parent (s)
• At least one general education teacher
• One special education teacher
• An individual who can explain how the evaluation results may impact instruction
• A District Representative who is knowledgeable of general education curriculum and can allocate resources
• Anyone who knows you child or special expertise regarding your child

Your Role at the IEP Meeting

You are a member of the IEP team. You know your child best and can speak about his or her strengths and needs. And, as the parent, you can talk about your thoughts and ideas about how to best educate your child. As a member of the IEP team, you should:

• Offer your own observations about how your child learns
• Share what his or her interests are
• Share things about your child only you would know
• Listen to what the other team members think your child needs to work on in school and share your suggestions
• Talk about how your child uses (or doesn’t use) the skills he or she leans in school at home
• Ask as many questions as you can during the meeting and speak up if you don’t understand something
• Work with the rest of the team to develop the IEP