2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
4/15/2014 | 9:40 AM - 10:10 AM | Preparing for and Participating in Your Child’s IEP Meeting | Grand Ballroom 2 | 7
Preparing for and Participating in Your Child’s IEP Meeting
Participating in your child’s IEP meeting can be unnerving. Parents have to ensure that their child’s needs are going to be met while establishing and maintaining a critical relationship with the professionals at their school. We are both parents and attorneys who go through the IEP process for our own Deaf/Hard of Hearing children and understand the balance that IEP teams need to maintain. We will review what parents can and should do to prepare for IEP meetings.
Parents should not feel they have to rely solely on the recommendations of the school district. Even the best district with the best of intentions may not be familiar with the unique needs of a Deaf/Hard of Hearing student. Parents need to be able to come to meetings with as much knowledge as possible to fully participate on the IEP team. Topics will include Parent Advocacy Training and Education, Evaluations, Communication Plans as part of the IEP, and Conflict Resolution.
- Parents will leave with a better understanding of how they can be a more effective, active and equal participant on their child's IEP team.
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Presenters/Authors
Lisa A Weiss
(Primary Presenter), LAW Access Education LLC, coloradocues@gmail.com;
Lisa A. Weiss is a mediator and a public school policy expert. She provides direct instruction in self advocacy, work adjustment training, and communication access as a private educational interpreter with a family based cooperative School to Work Alliance Program called Solid Ground Denver.
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Susan Fingerle
(Co-Presenter), Hands & Voices, susanfingerle@msn.com;
Susan Fingerle is the parent of a 13 year old son who is Hard of Hearing. Susan has worked as a special education attorney since 2002 and has been involved with Hands & Voices in New York and Alabama. Her family recently moved to Denver, Colorado.
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