My Child Isn't Receiving Their IEP Services; What Do I Do?
A question form parents that has comes fairly regularly is "my child's teacher or service provider is out on leave or the position is open and my child is not receiving their services. What do we do?"
And this a tough one because of the teacher shortage and the challenges school districts are having hiring and retaining high quality staff for our students, especially post-pandemic. Even if the district is trying their best, your child still deserves to have access to their services as outlined on their IEP to give the FAPE (Free and Appropriate Public Education). So what can you do as a caregiver/parent?
Know what your child’s services are on their iep and keep track of missed time
Open up communication!!
Email the team chair/ ETL or team to find out if someone is subbing for those services, how many sessions missed, how acccomodatins are being provided etc.
Request a meeting to discuss the impact on their progress. If there’s is someone providing the services such as an Educational Support Professional, request they be at meeting to discuss how the accommodations/modifications are being provided
Familiar yourself with the concept of compensatory services and how to advocate for these to ensure your child is able to continue to progress and recoup and skills that regressed due to missed services.
If you have concerns about your child missing services or accomodations/modifcations not being provided while an educator or service provider is out on leave or there is an open position, reach out and schedule a 20 minute consult with us today to see how we can help you!