IEP Review

Introductory Summary: It is time for a sixth grader's annual IEP evaluation. School staff, parent, and interpreter meet remotely via video conference.
IEP Definition: An IEP (individualized education program) is a legal document required under the US federal law known as the Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which makes a student eligible for individualized special education services. To qualify for special education services, a student must meet one or more of 13 federally recognized disability categories. IEP meetings occur on an annual basis. However, if the need for more meetings within a year arises, this can be requested by the parent and/or legal guardian.

Disclaimer:: This text is an original work of fiction based on real scenarios. Any similarities between people or places are purely coincidental.

Participants

Contributors

Author

Romina Espinosa

Co-Author

Ana Soler

Editors

Devin Gilbert

Yohana Imperio

Allison deFreese

Audio Engineer

Omar Mendoza

Voice Actors

Full Summary: It is time for a sixth grader's annual IEP evaluation. School staff, parent, and interpreter meet remotely via video conference. The parent shows engagement in the meeting by asking several questions. A clear explanation of the goals is given to understand the student's progress.

Main Challenges: The conversations can last a long time when the speech pathologist and occupational therapist review the annual IEP goals. Also, the occupational therapist speaks fast. Terminology from special education can pose a challenge, as well as phrases unique to Mexico, for interpreters that are unfamiliar with these things.

Key Terminology and Vocabulary

English		español
IEP	individualized education program	programa individualizado de educación	---	---
---	prompting	estímulos	indicaciones	señales
---	occupational therapy	terapia ocupacional	---	---
---	accuracy	precisión	---	---
---	speech pathologist	patólogo del habla	---	---
---	tap	tocar	---	---
---	struggle	batallar	---	---
---	motor control	habilidades motoras	habilidades motrices	---
---	bilateral control	coordinación bilateral	---	---
---	shoelaces	agujetas	cordones	pasadores
---	speech goal	meta de lenguaje	meta del habla	---
---	fine motor coordination	coordinación de habilidades motoras finas	---	---
---	functional expressive vocabulary	vocabulario expresivo funcional	---	---
---	jeez	híjole	---	---
---	procedural safeguards	garantías de procedimiento	---	---
---	strengths	fortalezas	---	---
---	first set of letters	primer grupo de letras	primera serie de letras	---
---	baseline	estándar básico	punto de referencia	---

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Supplementary Resources: IEPs [Individualized Education Programs] (California Courts); What is an IEP? (Understood.org); A History of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (US Department of Education); English-Spanish Glossary for Educational Settings (California Department of Education); Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice (NAETISL); Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice for Educational Interpreters of Spoken Language (Minnesota Department of Education); English-to-Spanish Glossary of Educational Terminology (2nd Edition, Rodolfo Valentán)

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