You can get a copy of a Policys and Procudures Manual from your State Department of Education for FREE! It has all the forms for IEP's and all the information about IEP's. Does the Special Education Director give you a "Parent Survey" to fill out at every IEP meeting? In Oklahoma parents are suppost to recieve a Parent Survey with a postage free envelope to mail to the State Department of Education's, Special Education Department. The State Department does focused monitoring to determine if Districs are in compliance with State and Federal guidelines. There is a Focused Monitoring Comittee that meets one a year to determine what Special Education Services need improvement. You can contact your Special Education Department and ask for the names and e-mail addresses of the person who is in charge to notify them of the problems you are having at your IEP meeting. All state are required to have a Parent Center to educate parents for free of how to do IEP's. You should receive information at every IEP meeting that has a list of parent resources. Which includes the phone number of the Parents Center. Parents Centers have conferences you can attend for free. You can request training on how to support your 2E childs educational needs. If your state doesn't have programs to support you. You can request them. The more parents who e-mail requests for needed School Distric Professional Development Training for Twice Exceptional Children, improves getting those services. Google: Montgomery County Maryland, Twice Exceptional Children-Guide. There is a amazing Guide that tells how to provide services for 2E children. You may already know this info. but I didn't and would really have loved someone to tell me. I also attended IEP meeting and didn't know any of this info. If you get the book From Emotions to Advocacy,Second Edition, there is alot of information in it that helped me. Like, you have to put all your requsts in writing or they don't exist. Leave a papertrail of letters. (has examples of letters in the book). My 2E also has dysgraphia,dyslexia. Thanks to this board I have been able to gather wonderful info. from all. I am so happy for you that you are getting the service. The book Overcomming Dylexia also has information and resources you might want to ask for at your IEP meeting. Wishing you the best!!
