Possible issues with IEPS this fall amid pandemic

Possible issues with IEPS this fall amid pandemic

STILL A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUTHOW VIRTUAL LEARNING WILLWORK& ESPECIALLY FOR STUDENTSWITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

WMAR 2NEWS ABBY ISAACS SPOKE TO ASPECIAL EDUCATION LAW ATTORNEYABOUT THE ISSUES HIS CLIENTSARE FACING AND WHAT HE SEHAPPENING COME THE FALL.úWayne steedman, attorneyspecial education law- Wealready know children withdisabilities are alreadybehind their non-disabledpeers.

And the gap is justgoing to get wider and widerand wider FOR SPECIALEDUCATION LAW ATTORNEY WAYNESTEEDMAN AND HIS CLIENTS, ITA PRETTY DIRE SITUATION.Several kids I represent haveended up psychiatricallyhospitalized during this timebecause they donthe services they were gettingbefore AS SCHOOLS GET READY TOSTART THE FALL VIRTUALLY, HISFAMILIES ARE WORRIED.

THEYSEEN THEIR CHILDREN REGRESSWITH LESS SUPPORT ANDSTRUCTURE.

AND THEY DON'T KNOWHOW THEIR CHILDS IEPINDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATIONPROGRAMS, WILL BE FOLLOWED, IFAT ALL.

If those IEPs canimplemented which for the mostpart they canvirtually.

Then they arenreceiving an appropriateeducation.

So some kids aregetting nothing.

Some of thekids Igetting nothing and I wonsay itarenschools have tried but theyare limited in what they cando.

THAT'S WHERE STEEDMANCOMES IN.

HE AND OTHESPECIALIZED ATTORNEYS WILLWORK COLLABORITIVELY WITH THESCHOOLS TO HOLD THEMACCOUNTABLE.

If thereproblem we are going to,instead of filing a lawsuit,wewill have a meeting to discussthe childs IEP and whats beingdone and what isnand what we can do to fix thatAND HE SAYS THOSE MEETINGSWILL ALL BE VIRTUAL..

THE ONEPOSITIVE THING THAT HAS COMEOUT OF THE PANDEMIC.

AND HEHOPES VIRTUAL IEP MEETINGSBECOME AN OPTION FOR GOOD&BECAUSE ITFOR HIS FAMILIES.

These iepmeetigns are always held inthe middle of the day andpeople have to take off work.And if they can maybe take anhour from their lunch break orsome other kind fo break, theydonoff or a whole day off FORWMAR 2 NEWS IFOR MORE STORIES TO HELP YOUMAKE IT THROUGH THESE TO