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TOP TEN SPECIAL EDUCATION MISTAKES
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• FAILING TO HAVE SCHOOL PERSONNEL CONDUCT
  EVALUATIONS OF STUDENTS AND DEFERRING TO OUTSIDE
  EVALUATIONS

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PROVIDING INADEQUATE NOTICE OF THE IEP MEETING

• IF THE PARTICIPANTS CHANGE, OR IF ANY OTHER
  ASPECTS OF THE NOTICE CHANGE, AN AMENDED NOTICE
  MUST BE GIVEN
• DONT COMPLICATE MATTERS BY SPECIFYING THE NAMES
  OF THE PARTICIPANTSUSE TITLES.
• THE PROCEDURAL SAFEGUARDS MUST ACCOMPANY THE
  NOTICE OF THE IEP MEETING.

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HAVING TOO MANY IEP TEAM MEMBERS

• PARENTS
• SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER
• REGULAR EDUCATION TEACHER
• LEA REPRESENTATIVE
• SOMEONE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT INSTRUCTIONAL
  INPLICATIONS OF EVALUATIONS
• OTHER INDIVIDUALS WITH KNOWLEDGE OR EXPERTISE
  REGARDING CHILD
• WHEN APPROPRIATE, THE CHILD.

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FORGETTING TO INDIVIDUALIZE THE IEP

• THE SERVICES AND PLACEMENT MUST BE DETERMINED
  INDIVIDUALLY AND MUST ALLOW A REASONABLE CHANCE
  OF EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS.
• THE SERVICES IN THE IEP MUST BE SPECIFIED WITH
  CLARITY SO THAT IT CAN BE EASILY DETERMINED THE
  AMOUNT OF A PARTICULAR SERVICE THAT IS NEEDED TO
  IMPLEMENT THE IEP.

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PUTTING TOO MUCH INFORMATION AND SPECIFICTY IN
THE IEP

• THE IEP IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE SO DETAILED AS TO
  BE A LESSON PLAN.
• SPECIFYING A METHODOLGY IN THE IEP IS NOT
  TYPICALLY DONE.
• BRAND NAMES OF EQUIPMENT AND SPECIFIC SOFTWARE
  ARE NOT TYPICALLY SPECIFIED IN THE IEP.

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LOADING UP THE IEPS WITH TOO MANY RELATED SERVICES

• RELATED SERVICES ARE NOT PROVIDED ON THE BASIS
  THAT THE STUDENT WOULD BENEFIT FROM THE SERVICE
• THE SERVICE MUST BE NECESSARY FOR THE PROVISIONS
  OF FAPE.
• STUDENTS MISS CLASS TIME WHEN THEY ARE REMOVED
  FOR RELATED SERVICES.

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MAKING CHANGES TO THE IEP WITHOUT A MEETING

• THE IEP MUST BE IMPLEMENTED AS WRITTEN UNTIL
  AMENDED IN ANOTHER IEP MEETING.
• THE IEP CANNOT BE MODIFIED IN ANY WAY OUTSIDE OF
  AN IEP MEETING.

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OVERLOADING THE IEP WITH ACCOMODATIONS

• THE SERVICES AND ACCOMODATIONS PROVIDED TO THE
  STUDENT MUST MATCH THE IEP.
• ALL TEACHERS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS MUST BE MADE
  AWARE OF THE IEP REQUIREMENTS AND ACTUALLY
  IMPLEMENT THEM.

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ADDING TOO MANY SERVICES TO THE IEP AT THE
PARENTS REQUEST

• THE PARENTS DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THAT
  GOALS, OBJECTIVES OR SERVICES BE INCLUDED IN THE
  IEP.
• NOTHING IS PUT IN THE IEP UNLESS THERE IS
  AGREEMENT BY THE SCHOOL DIVISION.
• CONSIDERATION MUST BE GIVEN TO ANY REQUEST FROM
  THE PARENTS FOR SERVICES TO BE INCLUDED IN THE
  IEP.

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FAILING TO UNDERSTAND DISCIPLINE PROVISIONS

• TOO MANY MANISFESTATIONS ARE FOUND IN CASES OF
  DRUGS AND WEAPONS.
• SCHOOL DIVISIONS CONTINUE TO BELIEVE ERRONEOUSLY
  THAT STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES CANNOT BE
  DISCIPLINED FOR MORE THAN 10 DAYS NORMALLY OR
  MORE THAN 45 DAYS IN CASES OF DRUGS OR WEAPONS.