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The First IEP Meeting: A Parent's Playbook for Walking in Prepared, Asking the Right Questions, and Leaving With a Plan

The First IEP Meeting: A Parent's Playbook for Walking in Prepared, Asking the Right Questions, and Leaving With a Plan

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Special Education

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ISBN13: 9798170688364
Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 148
Weight: 0.46
Height: 0.34 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
You have a date on the calendar and a stack of jargon you do not speak. The first IEP meeting is not a parent-teacher conference. It is a decision meeting about your child's services, goals, and placement. Walk in knowing what will be said, what to ask, and what not to sign on the spot.

THE FIRST IEP MEETING is a practical playbook for the parent or caregiver about to sit down with a school team for the first time-whether you are heading into a public-school eligibility meeting, preschool special education, or the jump from early intervention. No pep talk. No empty binder. Process you can use this week: a 14-day prep plan, a day-of script, questions grouped by need, and a full chapter on when to take the document home before you sign.

Inside you will learn how an IEP differs from a 504 and from RTI/MTSS, your rights in plain English (consent, prior written notice, independent evaluations, stay-put), who must be in the room, how to read an evaluation without drowning, and the five parts of an IEP that actually matter. This is not legal advice and not a promise of a particular outcome. It is a flashlight for a room that is built to move fast. Check your state parent training center. Then bring the card.

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