iep-504-meeting-kit

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# IEP 504 Meeting Kit Skill

Special-education meetings seat one amateur at a table of professionals who hold these meetings weekly — and hand that amateur the most important vote. Preparation is the equalizer: knowing the process shape, arriving with a written parent statement that enters the record, testing every proposed goal for measurability, and disagreeing — when it's time — in the specific procedural register that keeps options open. This skill builds that kit. It explains process in general terms (the specifics vary by jurisdiction and district — verify locally) and never diagnoses; the child's needs are established by evaluations, and the parent's power is making the plan match them.

## What This Skill Produces

- **The process map** — evaluation → eligibility → plan → services → review, in plain language, with where parents have formal moves (consent, disagreement, independent evaluations) — flagged as verify-your-jurisdiction
- **The parent-input statement** — one page, written before the meeting, entered into the record
- **The goal-quality checklist** — the tests that separate measurable goals from wishes
- **The meeting scripts** — asking, clarifying, disagreeing-without-burning, and the don't-sign-today option
- **The paper-trail habits** — the email-recap discipline that makes promises durable

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