Learning Exercise
Helping Parents Understand IDEA
The main piece of special education legislation, IDEA, is often cumbersome to discuss with parents. This assignment explores other avenues of providing this information to parents.
Course: IEPs and Legislation
- Material:
- IDEA Practices
- Date last modified:
- August 26, 2000
- Created by:
- Tamarah Ashton
- License:
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Exercise
1. Visit the IDEA Practices website (http://www.ideapractices.org).
2. Imagine that you are sitting at an IEP meeting as the special education
teacher and you are attempting to cover the basic elements of IDEA with parents
who are new to you.
3. Describe how you might introduce this site to the parents.
4. What specific areas might you tell them to investigate at this site?
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Learning Objectives
To find alternative routes of explanation.