Current News and Information: 

 

Parent’s Night

Thursday, January 7, 2010, 7:00 pm

Let’s discuss the IEP process!

Resources made available.

Question and answer time.

Share your stories.

Strategies for a more successful IEP meeting.

Please RSVP- 899-7000

    The IEP Process  

The individualized education program, or IEP, is a basic and essential component of IDEA. It describes the child, sets measurable educational and functional goals, and establishes the level of services that the district must provide to attain those goals. IDEA also generally requires that a district must provide all IEP services in the least restrictive placement environment that would allow the child to reach IEP goals. Although IEP and placement must be reviewed annually by the IEP team to review progress and make any changes necessary, both parents and districts have a right to request additional meetings if necessary.
Under most circumstances, children who are served by IEPs, cannot be disciplined by procedures such as expulsion or long suspensions for behaviors that are substantially caused by their disabilities. In addition to participating in decision-making, parents are entitled to written notice from the school district whenever important decisions that affect or alter special education services are made. They also have the right to written notice whenever the district refuses a parental request related to eligibility, evaluation, placement or the nature and implementation of the IEP.  http://www.osbar.org/public/         

 
Social Language Group beginning June 30th!

We are beginning a social language group for Jr. High or 9th grade boys!  We will be learning how to initiate and maintain a conversation, how to introduce a topic, stay on topic and appropriately change topic.  We will practice asking and answering questions, turn taking, eye contact, appropriate voice.  We will learn how to read cues from the listener to know if the listener is paying attention, is bored or wants to talk. Social language Skills are of paramount importance to success in school and in life.  If you are interested in having your son be part of this group, please call 899-7000.
If you have a daughter, let's start a girl's group too!
Debby


Keep updated on information coming from the American Speech and Hearing Association, Autism action groups and current news.  Please click on links below for pertinent information.

1.  The role of the Speech-Language Pathologist in working with children on the autism spectrum (a position statement) http://www.asha.org/docs/html/PS2006-00105.html
2.  Knowledge and Skills needed by the SLP in working with those on the autism spectrum. http://www.asha.org/docs/html/KS2006-00075.html