Special Education Tips – Here, There, and Everywhere – 114-2018

Rochelle’s Special Education Tips

Here, There, and Everywhere

It sometime happens that your IEP team meeting may be the victim of an attempted hijacking by a parent, parents’ attorney, or advocate. They do not care about the IEP team’s agenda and want to discuss what they want to discuss, when they want to discuss it. Sometimes you will address the new issue and then they bring up another topic. And it keeps on going. If you are dealing with such a situation, you do the best you can. Have a written agenda. Have someone at the meeting who is willing to say, “we need to follow the agenda and will put the matter you are bringing up into the parking lot to discuss after the agenda items are completed.” If the response is that the meeting cannot continue until the item is discussed, stop for a second, and think about whether the statement is accurate. If it is accurate, then of course address the matter. If it is not accurate, then as noted above, put the item in the “parking lot.” Do not be dissuaded by claims that it is the parents’ right to determine the agenda. Not true.

Rochelle’s Special Education Tips (“Tips”) Are Designed To Be Helpful And Thought Provoking, But Should Not Be Considered Legal Advice As They May Not Be Accurate For Use In All Situations. Tips Are Based On My Opinions And Positions In Accordance With Federal And Maryland Law And My Over 35 Years Of Experience In The Special Education Legal Field. – Rochelle S. Eisenberg, Esquire

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