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Toolkit for Families of Students with Special Needs
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Welcome
- Special Education Acronyms
- Understanding the IEP Process
- Role of Parents and Families in the IEP
- Parental Rights
- IEP Meetings vs. Parent-Teacher Conferences
- IEP Meeting Resources
- Communicating for Your Child
- Programs and Instructional Resources in GCPS
- Supporting Your Child at Home
- Transition Planning with the IEP Team
- Transfer of Rights
- Roadmap to Transition
- Community Resources
- GCPS Parent Mentor – Dawn Albanese
- Reference websites
Parental Rights
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Parental Rights
- GCPS has the goal of working collaboratively with parents and coming to consensus on matters related to Special Education.
- Despite a team’s best efforts, there are times when parent(s), may disagree with the determination of the team.
- Should you disagree with the evaluation or IEP, you have dispute resolution options.
- When a resolution cannot be reached locally, amongst the IEP team, IDEA provides for additional processes available to families of students with disabilities.
- These processes include:
- Formal Complaints
- Mediation
- Due Process Hearing
- These processes include:
- When a resolution cannot be reached locally, amongst the IEP team, IDEA provides for additional processes available to families of students with disabilities.
