Initial IEP Meeting

Difficulty: Intermediate
Domain: Education
Subdomain: Accessibility
Environment: Virtual Meeting, Elementary School

Region: USA

Time Estimate:: 25 min.
Avg. Length per Line:: 7 sec.

Introductory Summary: This is an Initial IEP meeting. It is held during the COVID-19 pandemic via Zoom.
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

Abbr.	Role	Language(s)
Int	Interpreter	en-US es-US
F	Father	es-MX
M	Mother	es-MX
AA	Administrative Assistant (Notetaker)	en-US
GE	General Education Teacher	es-US
Psy	School Psychologist	en-US
SE	Special Education Teacher	es-US

Contributors

Author

Romina Espinosa

Co-Author

Ana Soler

Editors

Devin Gilbert

Yohana Imperio

Allison deFreese

Audio Engineer

Omar Mendoza

Voice Actors

Interpreter: Devin Gilbert
School Psychologist: Delaney Johns
Administrative Assistant (Notetaker): Skylar Lees
General Education Teacher: Skylar Lees
Mother: Pamela Martínez Ruiz
Special Education Teacher: Nathaniel Murphy
Father: Nefi Pérez

Full Summary: This is an Initial IEP meeting. It is held during the COVID-19 pandemic using the consecutive mode via Zoom. It is a hybrid session, meaning that most of the school staff connect from the school site. The notetaker is taking a road trip through northern Florida and taking notes from a trailer. The interpreter connects from her home office, and the parents from their living room. A 3rd grader qualifies for special education under the specific learning disability criteria. The school team explains to the parents what an IEP is by reviewing each section of the form. The school psychologist conducted the assessment, the Woodcock Johnson IV test, and explains the results to the team. The math teacher then shares an academic dishonesty incident, which is when an ethical dilemma happens.

Main Challenges: The math teacher shares that the student is great at addition and subtraction, then shares an academic dishonesty incident that happened the week prior. As an interpreter you have to think on your toes because the way the math teacher handled the incident was not the most ideal. A second challenge is when the father refers to a library using the term “librería” instead of the term “biblioteca.”

Key Terminology and Vocabulary

English		español
---	initial IEP meeting	reunión inicial de IEP	reunión inicial del programa individualizado de educación	---
IQ	intelligence quotient	CI	coeficiente intelectual	---
---	absence	ausencia	falta	---
---	behind	desnivelado	---	---
---	ability	capacidad	destreza	habilidad
---	bell curve	curva de distribución normal	---	---
---	average	promedio	regular	valor medio
---	cognitive abilities	habilidades cognitivas	habilidades cognoscitivas	---
---	strengths	fortalezas	puntos fuertes	---
---	weaknesses	debilidades	puntos débiles	---
---	reading comprehension	comprensión de la lectura	comprensión lectora	---
---	score	puntaje	resultado	---
class	subject	materia	---	---
---	area of concern	área de preocupación	---	---
SLD	specific learning disability	discapacidad específica de aprendizaje	---	---
---	pop quiz	prueba sorpresa	---	---
---	fine motor skills	habilidades motoras finas	---	---
---	development	desarrollo	---	---
---	report card	boleta de calificaciones	boleta de notas	libreta escolar
---	accuracy	exactitud	precisión	---
---	task	prueba	---	---
---	library	biblioteca	---	---
---	Woodcock Johnson IV test	prueba Woodcock Johnson IV	---	---
---	below grade level	inferior a su nivel del grado	por debajo del grado	---
---	psycho-educational assessment	evaluación psicoeducativa	---	---
---	procedural safeguards	aviso de garantías procesales	garantías de procedimiento	---
---	service setting	entorno donde se prestan servicios de educación especial	---	---
---	social skills	habilidades sociales	---	---
---	communication skills	habilidades de comunicación	---	---
---	consonant	consonante	---	---
---	spectrum of services	abanico de servicios	gama de servicios	---
---	accommodation	adaptación	---	---
---	modified curriculum	currículo modificado	---	---
her score ranges	range	su puntaje oscila	---	---

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Supplementary Resources: What is an IEP? (Understood); IEP’s (Individualized Education Programs) (California Courts: The Judicial Branch of California); A History of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); Medical Interpreting Standards of Practice (International Medical Interpreters Association); English-Spanish Glossary for Educational Settings (California Department of Education); Rodolfo Valentán, English to Spanish Glossary of Educational Terminology (Second Edition); National Standards of Practice (National Council on Interpreting in Healthcare); California Standards for Healthcare Interpreters (California Healthcare Interpreting Association); Code of Ethics for Medical Interpreters (International Medical Interpreters Association); Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice for Educational Interpreters of Spoken Language (Minnesota Department of Education); Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice (NAETISL); A National Code of Ethics for Interpreters in Health care (National Council on Interpreting in Healthcare)

Initial IEP Meeting

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