Your child Might Have An IEP …. IF …. Author Unknown

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• If you have ever attended a meeting at school with 25 professionals… your child might have an IEP.
• If you are the only one wearing jeans…. your child might have an IEP.
• If these professionals speak a different language…. your child might have an IEP.
• If the meeting room was the size of a closet… your child might have an IEP.
• If you have ever been asked, “do you think your child is the only one in the district?”…your child might have an IEP.
• If you have ever heard, “we do not have money for that!”… your child might have an IEP.
• If you have ever been called an “overprotective, hysterical parent” or an “uninvolved parent”… your child might have an IEP.
• If you have ever been told your child “will just grow out of it”, “is lazy”, “slow”, “irresponsible”, “immature and/or sensitive” etc…etc… your child might have an IEP.
• If you feel you have walked into “Assertiveness Training 101″ by accident…your child might have an IEP.
• If you have ever been screamed at by a school official…your child might have an IEP.
• If you have ever been told your child will be lucky to grow up and dig ditches…your child might have an IEP.
• If it has ever been suggested to move to another District…your child might have an IEP.
• If you have ever been invited to home school your child… your child might have an IEP.
• If you have ever called the school and asked for your child and were told “we do not have anyone here by that name…” your child might have an IEP.
• If your family is ever discussed in the teachers lounge… you might have an IEP.
• If every time you call the school board office, the person you need to talk you is in a meeting…you might have an IEP.
• If a meeting with the school has ever been rescheduled more than twice to the time you definitely can not come…your child might have an IEP.
• If you have ever been patted on the shoulder and called “honey” by the principal…your child might have an IEP.
• If it has ever been suggested all your child needs is a “good spanking to straighten him/her up…” your child might have an IEP.
• If you have been asked by a teacher to “just sign it!”… your child definitely has an IEP…

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