Your child's IEP "Team"
If your child is eligible for special education, you will meet together with a group of people to develop the IEP. This group is called the IEP “Team”. The IEP is reviewed each year, but you can ask the EIP Team to meet at any time if you think a change might be needed.
You have the right to invite anyone else you like, such as a state agency case manager, a special education advocate, pediatrician, a family member or a friend to participate in “Team” meetings. If you plan to invite someone to the Team meeting it is important that you inform the Evaluation Team Leader in advance of the meeting. The Evaluation Team Leader can then ensure that the meeting room has adequate seating and there are sufficient copies of material that may be distributed to participants.
You, as the parent, are an important member of the IEP Team.
The Team may also include:
- Your child
- Your child’s teacher
- The principal
- The school nurse
- The special education director or evaluation team leader (ETL)
- Speech, occupational and physical therapists
- A guidance counselor or school psychologist
- Other providers (such as your child’s primary car provider or therapists)
Your child has a right to participate in Team meetings starting at age 14, but he or she may start earlier.
For additional information go to www.doe.mass.edu/sped and click on IEP Process, Forms and Notices and select “IEP Guide”
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