I ended up sitting in the hot seat yesterday for my IEP and facilitated the whole shabang! Other than the fact that I forgot to go over the parent rights (she did get a copy though) I felt it went really well. I wasn't expecting to play facilitator, but I winged it and everyone seemed pleased. The RSP teacher was extremely complementary which made me feel awesome. Mr. H only had one suggestion for me to work on which was that I need to let the other parties say their parts. This is contrary to my inital training in which the psych presented the cognitive/processing/behavioral stuff that they had done AS WELL AS the academic stuff that the Special Ed teacher had done in order to go over the discrepancy. But he shared with me some of the problems that can arise from doing it the way and so I totally see his point. I will now just have to come up with a new game plan for how to best present my information.
Today I start at the Middle School with my new Tuesday Supervisor, Mrs. B. She already has an intern but is being amazingly nice and letting me work with her one day a week so I can get some Middle School hours under my belt. I am beginning to feel much more solid on my roles at my elementary sites (finally!) so I am really looking forward to this new start. I need to get practice with developing behavior support plans and doing manifest determinations and I will have a greater opportunity to do those things at the Middle School setting. So, wish me luck!
Training this morning on Legally Defensible IEPs... Hope it's good. I believe Mr. P and Mr. J (last years practicum supervisor) will be there so at least I should have someone to sit by! Hope it's good.
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