This last Friday, I had the chance to sit in on two IEP meetings. An IEP is an individual education plan, which is used for children who have special needs. A IEP reevaluation meeting at Jeffersontown (JTown) Elementary is suppose to consist of: the child's main teacher, the school counselor, the occupational therapist, the speech therapist, and the student's parent(s). Everyone has a chance to discuss whether the student still qualities for special needs education by talking about the previous IEP, whether the previous set of goals for the student were met, and his or her overall progress. New goals, strategies, and a new IEP are then discussed and developed in order to improve the child's education. It was interesting to get a chance to find out about the progress of these two students, whom have been previously diagnosed with polar extremes of autism.
I also had the chance to interact with several different classrooms of elementary school students, which allowed me to get to know the children at a more individual level. Near the end of the school day, the staff had a meeting with the students in the gym to discuss the details about the walk-a-thon. This is hosted by the PTA in order to raise money for the school, and the PTA uses a reward system for the students according to the amount of money that the child accumulates from the walk-a-thon with his or her parents. I really enjoyed my day this week at JTown Elementary, because I had an opportunity to learn more about the students and some of the school functions.
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