recalled significantly more IEP knowledge (eligibility, goals, accommodations, and more) after the meeting were happier on satisfaction surveys, along with parents, teachers, and school support staff who attended each IEP meeting demonstrated self-advocacy and self-determination ...
Once testing has concluded, the team meets again for a MET 2 to determine eligibility for special education services based on the results. After all of this, when the determination is made that a student does qualify for special education services, there will be a meeting to write the IEP....
As I was doing research for this post, I came across some interesting statistics. My state (PA) lists on our state-run website that out of all of the IEP students in PA, about 9% are in the Emotional Disturbance category for eligibility. (PDE, 2022) More research took me to Montana...