I got this question on the Facebook page and wanted to move it here because my response got rather lengthy. And, this way we have it as a resource.
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I have a question for you. The Louisiana Legislature passed a law last August that there must be a 15 business day waiting period for an IEP to take effect from the date the PWN is signed. We tell parents they can initial the PWN to waive that waiting period so services may begin the day of the IEP. AS a generic inclusion teacher, most of my IEPs are straightforward and I have no problem with informing parents they can waive this waiting period.
However, I have had SSCD and autistic classes where students need more support and this makes me uncomfortable to see the push to waive the waiting period become "best practice" among all special education teachers. Am I overreacting? I can think of a student who against his civil rights was put in a an SSCD self contained class from all general education classes due to behaviors. That is one incident where I would advise the family to seek help from the PTI and not waive the waiting period. When he was transferred to my class and I held an amendment meeting, every suggestion I made to support the student in gen ed was shot down by the principal.
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I got this question on the Facebook page and wanted to move it here because my response got rather lengthy. And, this way we have it as a resource.
A teacher wrote:
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I have a question for you. The Louisiana Legislature passed a law last August that there must be a 15 business day waiting period for an IEP to take effect from the date the PWN is signed. We tell parents they can initial the PWN to waive that waiting period so services may begin the day of the IEP. AS a generic inclusion teacher, most of my IEPs are straightforward and I have no problem with informing parents they can waive this waiting period.
However, I have had SSCD and autistic classes where students need more support and this makes me uncomfortable to see the push to waive the waiting period become "best practice" among all special education teachers. Am I overreacting? I can think of a student who against his civil rights was put in a an SSCD self contained class from all general education classes due to behaviors. That is one incident where I would advise the family to seek help from the PTI and not waive the waiting period. When he was transferred to my class and I held an amendment meeting, every suggestion I made to support the student in gen ed was shot down by the principal.
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