IEP Reflection

While I was at Camden Rockport Elementary School I had several opportunities to go to

different types of IEP meetings. I attended a transfer students IEP, several annual IEPS, a

triennial IEP, a referral IEP, a determination IEP and lastly and transition IEP. Throughout all of

these meetings I gained a large amount of information to better aid me in the future, when

attending IEP of my students. Each of these meetings were unique and provided a great

learning experience.

When going into and IEP meeting it is important that we all collaborate together to

reach mutual goals for the student so the student can receive the most appropriate level of

education. For each of the meets we had to work as a team to decide how we were going to

provide the student with a free appropriate education. For the most part each team member

was in agreement on which services, accommodations and modifications the student would

require. There were a few times one team member did not agree on the services,

accommodations and modifications and in the case we all collaborated to determine what we

all thought would work best for the student and how the student would feel about the specific

decision.

In conclusion going to these meets were very helpful. I was able to experience all

different kinds of IEP I may encounter in my future teaching career. After these meetings the

team members worked with me and explained why they came to the conclusion they did and

each case is unique and needs as be treated as so. I appreciated all the work the team

members put in to letting me be apart of the team as fresh eyes may provide some another

way of providing services for a student. Overall after having these experiences I can say I am

more confident in collaborating with service providers and other staff members to meet the

unique needs of all children. I also feel more confident in going in to an IEP meeting to provide

an update for my student and what my recommendations may be.