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Educating Yourself (Yet Again)

I attended a recent conference one week and then the next week I walked into a classroom for yet another class. I was reminded of why I feel educating myself is so important. Once my child began services for developmental delays, and ultimately autism, it didn’t occur to me at the time that my autism education was going to be ongoing. Early on, I simply didn’t realize that my education was never going to stop.

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Checking Up on Your Child’s IEP

Now that your child’s IEP is complete, what happens next? Your child now attends a public pre-school, kindergarten, or elementary school. The school knows you child has an IEP. Now, you need to be sure that your child is receiving his or her services since those services will no longer take place in your home (where you know they’re happening). You need to make sure the school is following ALL of the requirements of your child’s IEP. What can you do? How can you check up on your child’s services?