Never say 10 things in an IEP meeting

No.1: “This is what we do for every student.”

No.2: “Let’s wait and talk about that some other time.”
No.3: “They may do that in Perfect School District, but we don’t do that here.”
No.4: “We can’t afford that piece of equipment.”
No.5: “We never provide one-on-one aides for students.”
No.6: “We cannot hire another nurse just for your child.”
No.7: “We’ve spent too much time on this already, let’s move on.”
No.8: “We don’t think that is appropriate, but if you want it, we’ll put it in the IEP.”
No.9: “That behavior has nothing to do with your child’s disability. We don’t need to
address it in the IEP.”
No.10: “I cannot authorize that. We’ll have to get approval from the board of
education.”