Our district is requiring staff to use specific language in our child's IEP. When I asked the teacher what the difference was between a "support person" and a 1:1, she said she wasn't sure but that's the direction they were receiving from the central office. For example, our son has a "support person" written into his IEP for any time he pushes into Gen Ed or attends anything outside of his self-contained classroom, but a classmate specifically has a 1:1. What's the difference? Is this just legal language that allows anyone to fill in as a warm body vs someone trained to help the student?
