{"id":349,"date":"2009-04-06T20:18:07","date_gmt":"2009-04-06T16:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/?p=349"},"modified":"2009-04-06T20:18:07","modified_gmt":"2009-04-06T16:18:07","slug":"are-you-prepared-for-your-childs-iep-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive\/?p=349","title":{"rendered":"Are you prepared for your child&#8217;s IEP meeting?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"3DSection1\">\n<p class=\"3DMsoNormal\">Dear fellow Hanoverians:<\/p>\n<p class=\"3D3dmsonormal\"><b><span>Attention all parents with children on an  IEP:&nbsp; Are<br \/>\nyou prepared for your child&#8217;s Annual IEP  Meeting?<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"3D3dmsonormal\"><span>Please join the Hanover Parent Advisory Council tomorrow  night for<br \/>\n&#8220;The Parent Playbook: &nbsp;How To Be An Effective Member Of The  IEP<br \/>\nTeam&#8221;. &nbsp;This workshop will be held on Tuesday, April 7th,  from 7:00<br \/>\np.m. &#8211; 9:00 p.m. at the Hanover High School Library.&nbsp;  <\/span><span>In this interactive  workshop<br \/>\npresented by Elaine Rabbitt, Parent Support Specialist from EMR Parent  Support<br \/>\nServices, you will learn techniques and strategies that will prepare and<br \/>\norganize you for an IEP team meeting.<span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"3D3dmsonormal\"><span>Topics<br \/>\ninclude: <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"3D3dmsonormal\"><span>&#8226;<br \/>\nStrategies for &#8220;Playing&#8221; on the IEP Team  <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"3D3dmsonormal\"><span>&#8226;<br \/>\nHow to Effect the Outcome of the IEP Team <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"3D3dmsonormal\"><span>&#8226;<br \/>\nHow to Create A &#8220;Whole Team&#8221; Approach (not School vs.  Family) <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"3D3dmsonormal\"><span>&#8226;<br \/>\nThe Power of Positive Thinking <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"3D3dmsonormal\"><span>Elaine<br \/>\ncurrently advocates for her own son and mentors and supports families in  their<br \/>\njourney of advocating for their children. She has received training  through the<br \/>\nFederation of Children with Special Needs and Wrightslaw.&nbsp; <span>The workshop is free and open to&nbsp;the  public.&nbsp; For<br \/>\nfurther information,&nbsp;please contact Karen at 781-826-0137 or Mary  at<br \/>\n781-829-9130 or go to the PAC website at &nbsp;www.hanoverschools.o rg\/community\/pac.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"3D3dmsonormal\"><span>What is Hanover PAC?&nbsp; The PAC is a parent group whose  mission<br \/>\nis to work toward understanding, respect, support and appropriate  education for<br \/>\nall children with learning differences in our community. The Hanover PAC  will<br \/>\nprovide an opportunity for parents to network and share information as  well as<br \/>\na way to work constructively with our schools to make them the best they  can be<br \/>\nfor all children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"3DMsoNormal\">For &quot;Around Town on the  Web&quot;,<\/p>\n<p class=\"3DMsoNormal\">Cathy H-B<\/p>\n<p class=\"3DMsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"3DMsoNormal\">&quot;Around Town on the Web&quot; is a community  service<br \/>\nthat has been provided to self-selected residents of the Town of Hanover  since<br \/>\nthe spring of 2004.&nbsp; If someone forwarded this message to you and  you<br \/>\nwould like to receive these communications directly, please e-mail your  first<br \/>\nand last name and e-mail address to <span>cathyhb@atotw.com<\/span> .&nbsp; If you would  like to be<br \/>\nremoved from this distribution list, please e-mail your request to me at  <span>cathyhb@atotw.com<\/span><br \/>\n.&nbsp; For submission guidelines and answers to frequently asked  questions<br \/>\nabout &quot;ATOTW&quot;, please go to <u><span>www.atotw.com<\/span><\/u><br \/>\n.&nbsp; To search for archived &quot;ATOTW&quot; news, just go to  <u><span>https:\/\/atotw.com\/archive<\/span><\/u>  .<\/p>\n<p class=\"3DMsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"3DMsoNormal\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear fellow Hanoverians: Attention all parents with children on an IEP:&nbsp; Are you prepared for your child&#8217;s Annual IEP Meeting? 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