A non-collaborative IEP meeting

This role play is an example of how not to conduct an IEP meeting.

[@DrPalsgraf]

*"No, we didn't go. It's 20 minutes away."* Only twenty minutes away?! I wish my high school was only a 20 minute drive!

[@davidparada1307]

The camera melted due to all the hot air being passed around the room. LOL! I am curious what happened after the 7:05 mark.

[@fishermclemore9120]

Both sides came in already deciding the fate of the child.

[@herzrimaz]

It is a good example, we, as instructors, can share it in the classrooms. Was the video cut off at the 7.05 mark? There doesn't seem to be a concluding remark by any one of the characters. Thanks for this fine video!!

[@123ladida123]

Least Restrictive Environment is the law. And teachers should be trained to work with kids with disabilities. Independent assessments must be considered, but they do have to be provided to the school for consideration. The parents aren't backing up their reasons for 3x weekly sessions. The school isn't asking any questions at all - only restating their position over and over. The parents aren't either, but LRE is the law and on their side.

[@AngelaBerger]

As a parent, this is when you stop the meeting and come back with an advocate.

[@DrPalsgraf]

... an advocate who'll listen to these school representatives! They want him to be in a general education classroom for socialization skills, and that's EXACTLY what they're offering at "the Kennedy school," with special assistance in the afternoons for students who are deaf or have hearing loss.

[@taxida9678]

The parents need a hearing aid!

[@tracymccoy3193]

It seems that the parents need an advocate.

[@billhansbury9376]

WHERE IS REED? Shouldn't he be there? At least for part of ARD/IEP?

[@quietus5138]

Exactly.

[@Alypuff5]

@@nerdmain9019 The child is required to be in IEP meetings about themselves because of the 2004 IDEA amendment.

[@kelleykalomiris2231]

@@nerdmain9019 Dead wrong, my friend.

[@parrismurry6699]

The child is in elementary school, most elementary (and middle) students do not sit in on the meeting.

[@kelleykalomiris2231]

@@parrismurry6699 Again, wrong.

[@charleswalker321]

Time to homeschool Reed.

[@maylingmavalvala7380]

Both parties have gone into the meeting with their own agenda. The student is not present because he/she is a under 16 years of age. The parents clearly do not want to send their child to a school where he/she might not be in a mainstream class, they have not taken the time to visit and observe if that setting would be beneficial to the student. The school/Board on the other hand keep insisting that they know whats best for the student and are unwilling to look at the possibility of extra therapy sessions or an aide for the student - in a main stream setting.

[@dannyku1406]

I would slap them

[@lupyleaf4361]

Woah! That's so cool!