IEP QuickTips: Reframing Weaknesses as Strengths and Needs
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Topics
Co-teaching & collaborative teaming, Developmental disabilities & delays, IEPs, Implementation, Learning disabilities & delays, Special education
Resource Types
Blog posts
Author
The Inclusion Lab
Year
2015
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When you sit down with an IEP team to start the planning process, it can be tempting to start with what a student can’t do: She can’t read yet. He can’t follow the teacher’s directions. But as Mary Falvey points out in her book Believe in My Child with Special Needs!, taking a problem-focused approach defeats your goal of high expectations and creative problem-solving.
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