The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the Individual Educational Plan Process (IEP)

• The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) makes available a free appropriate public education to eligible children with disabilities, and ensures services for those children.

• The eligibility process for an Individual Educational Plan (IEP) is often complex and lengthy, and with no guarantee of extra help at its end.

• The IEP process lives in the schools, and is chiefly an educational process.  However, it is also a legal process.

• For parents, it is often a daunting task, and too often, it may feel to parents that they are engaged in an epic struggle in which they play David to a school system’s Goliath.

• Under IDEA, parents have legal rights, but it is easy for them to become overwhelmed.

• IEP Parenting Virginia seeks to level the playing field by providing parents with the information they need to successfully navigate the IEP process.

•  IEP Parenting Virginia walks parents through the IEP process in a step-by-step manner,                

• We stand behind our parents every step along the way!