Those with IEP's - best practices and ideas

At my daughter's school we are writing her IEP between now and Christmas. We have already figured out that she will be in a small group math class, but I'm thinking about other things. For example, she has "math lab" after school twice a week. I don't really think they monitor them and since she's going into small group math and also has a math tutor twice a week, I'm wondering if we can convert that to a study hour with a monitor regarding what is going on in ELA, Social Studies and Science to really focus on what is going on in her other classes. Maybe help her really focus on her homework and spelling words, all that stuff.

I'm also thinking about a system where once a week on Fridays, they tell me what is going to happen the next week, curriculum, this is what we are learning, these are the quizzes we are going to have so that I can help her the weekend before.

Just wondering about tips from others. What would you suggest be in an IEP, what worked for you, what do you wish you had put in the IEP, what do you wish you hadn't put in the IEP?

Thank you SO much!

[Hidden]

One of the best things I built in was drink/snack whenever they wanted. It just helps to have that option if they need. My kid also has extra time on all assignments if she needs (though she doesn’t use it).

For a couple years, she got the weeks worth of homework on Monday and had until the following Monday to complete it. That way if she was too exhausted/distracted one evening she could skip. It helped her not stress over homework on rough nights. Plus having the weekend to catch up helped. This year’s teachers don’t do much homework and give it on a Monday for whole class.

Think of ideas that play to her strengths and minimize stress.

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

Those are great ideas. I was trying to figure out the homework idea and I like the Monday to Monday idea

[4her in reply to Hidden]

My daughter had "do evens only" on math hw, and extra time on tests, as these were her weaknesses. She only had a 504 plan. Her BFF had an IEP and had tests done outside of the classroom and could take extra time to complete the test. This really helped her succeed. IEPs are way better than 504s, so use use use it to her advantage!

[Hidden]

Extra time on test and reduce homework. If she is little you can add use of manipulatives

[Nla1]

My son is 6 and I’m grade one this year. He is so intelligent (as they all are) that we geared out IEP towards Behavior Support. His aid takes him for high impacts physical breaks when he sees that he needs them ie. Run in the school yard, shoot hoops, tether ball etc. we also noticed that he needs to sit at a desk group with less students and needs structured games during free-play/recess. He is in a large class room but the ability to leave the class rom and do something physical has really helped his ability to focus. Also his teacher is awesome and doesn’t mind the wriggling around and constant movement from him “as long as he is paying attention to her” - she holds him to realistic expectations and recognizes every time he follows school rules ie. Raising a hand before speaking, letting other kids go first etc.

he is alread starting to self regulate more with this individual program, but still understands the expectations of the class room.

Best of luck to you ♥️

[Nla1]

Sorry for the spelling mistakes. I just woke up, looked at my email, saw the new posts and responded 🤦🏽‍♀️ - not functioning at 100 percent yet! 😫