What Is An IEP Plan? Podcast #4
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What is an IEP and why does my child need one?
Hey everybody, this is Carrie Clark, and you are listening to episode number four of the Speech and Language Kids Podcast. This is the podcast with activities and resources for families of children with speech and language delays and disorders. Today I'm going to give you an overview of what to expect from the IEP process. And in the quick tip, I will share a website for learning sign language that you can use with your child with a language delay. First, let's start with our news and updates. I want to give you a quick update about the sequencing file folder game that is for sale in my online store. Based on some feedback that I got from a customer, I have created and included a set of the sequencing pictures that are larger than the previous copy.
If you purchased this item in the store now, you would find that the larger pictures are included. But if you purchased the sequencing board prior to last week, then your copy included only the smaller. pictures. If that's the case and you would like a copy of those larger pictures, just email me at speech and language kids at gmail dot com and I'll send one over to you for free. Alright, let's move into the feature segment. Today we'll be discussing the IEP process. For those of you who don't know, IEP stands for Individualized Education Program. If your child is found to have a disability, his school will be required to create an IEP that specifies what services your child will need and what goals he will work on.
However, this can be a very long and involved process, so I'd like to give you a heads up of what you can expect while you go through this. I do want to put in a quick disclaimer here. What I'm going to be talking about here is how the IEP process works in Missouri. That's where I am. Other states are probably going to do things slightly differently, but it will all follow the same basic format because many of these things are federally mandated. All right, let's start with how the IEP process is started. Um, there are two different ways you can start the IEP process. One it would be a parent referral, which would be if you as the parent went to your school and said, Hey, I'm a little concerned about my child's speech or language, can you can you check it out and just tell me what you think?
The other way would be for a teacher referral. So the classroom teacher for a child says, Yeah, something's not quite right here. I'm gonna call in my speech therapist and see um see what they think, see if there's something going on. For both of those things, parent permission is going to be required um for that speech therapist to come in and give a screening. So when the referral comes in, the speech therapist will receive that. And then once she has permission from the parents, she will go in and do a screening.
How does the IEP process get started – parent vs. teacher referral?
That will just be coming in, talking to your child, asking some questions, having him do a couple things, um, maybe having him say certain words if there's certain to sounds that are coming up in error. It'll just be kind of an informal taking a look and seeing what she thinks. Then that SLP will determine if there is a concern that your child may have a disability. If she suspects that there could be a disability, then they'll go ahead and begin the IEP evaluation process. If she does not suspect that your child has a disability, She may give you or the teacher some strategies that you can use at home to kind of help in those areas that you may have been concerned with uh that caused the referral in the first place.
So let's assume yes, there were some concerns, maybe this child might have a disability. So what happens next is they're going to go ahead and begin the evaluation process. The first meeting of that process is called the review of existing data meeting. And basically the point of this meeting is to look at all areas. Of the child's development and determine what's going on in all those areas. So this will be something that they'll need some input from you. Sometimes the speech therapist will call you and ask you some questions for to get the information for this, or you may actually be at that meeting with the speech therapist and the special educators going over all this information.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is an IEP and why does my child need one?
0:00–2:24
2
How does the IEP process get started – parent vs. teacher referral?
2:24–5:33
3
What happens after a referral – screening and determining disability concerns?
5:33–9:27
4
How are evaluation tests chosen and what consent is required?
9:27–14:52
5
What types of testing (speech, language, fluency, etc.) will my child undergo?
14:52–22:11
6
How does the evaluation meeting decide if my child qualifies for services?
22:11–26:09