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â¨Once youâve gotten in contact with IEP team members and feel confident that your childâs IEP is being implemented appropriately, check your dates. When is your childâs annual review due? When was their last triennial assessment? Your childâs IEP needs to be updated at least annually with new present levels and goals, and your child should be evaluated by the school district in ALL areas of SUSPECTED disability every three years.
     (Side note đ: The word âsuspectedâ is important here. For example, if your child has a âspeech onlyâ IEP but her teachers also report hyperactivity and impulsivity in class, the district needs to do more than just a speech re-evaluation at the triennial. They should also look at your childâs psychoeducational, academic, social, emotional, and behavioral functioning to see if there are other potential qualifying disabilities adversely affecting your childâs educational performance.)
Understanding your childâs IEP dates is important for a few reasons:
If your work schedule makes IEP meeting scheduling difficult, you can ask your childâs case manager to schedule your childâs annual review far in advance.
If your child may be missing school for part of the year (for example, a family vacation or planned surgery), itâs helpful to give other team members a heads up to ensure they donât miss important deadlines.
Sometimes the IEP dates get messed up in the school districtâs system. School professionals may not realize this because they have so many students to keep track of.
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