IEP: Components to Consider When Seeking Accommodations

This is the first of a three parter. You guessed it I got REALLY wordy and detailed so as to not bombard people with too much information at once I decided to make it into three. In these posts, I give a lot of information, resources and some of my personal examples, life experience. This post contains resources and some of my opinions regarding the IEP and 504. :-) Before you dive into this or possibly feel overwhelmed by all of it let me say this. I would suggest that you ponder what accommodations that you make at home to help your child feel safe. Consider times when you were trying to teach them something, how did they learn best? Think about any moments that were successful and try to write down what you can remember about the event. When have they been their happiest and most at ease? Think of times when you were teaching them something and they were the most responsive, they enjoyed themselves, and/or were able to process better.

Write them down or even record it on your phone or something.

Make it as easy as possible for you to get what you remember documented to help you, consider the environment. Think of the people or family members that were around; is your child more responsive toward a specific personality type? Maybe, just maybe you can share that with the IEP team and they can work with that information. Think of the clothes that they were wearing. Try to think of the foods that they ate that day, any sort of sensory and social situation that pops into your memory. You do not need to get all of the details at once. Try to get what you remember, if possible ask your child. When did they have the most fun learning? What would be their ideal learning environment? ASK for those types of things for accommodations in the IEP.

I understand that not all schools/learning environments are going to be able to accommodate each and every thing.



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