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2:50 Charmaine, do they have to provide records before mediation as well as before IEP meetings?
3:55 Scenario about requesting educational records and parent reaction
6:50 Viewer tip: I would reschedule the IEP meeting until I can review the records. They generally would rather give me the records that have to be scheduled.
7:20 Caution: What are you state’s regulations for time frame of sharing records
8:23 Facts of the scenario: What FERPA says about timeline to share records
10:00 Rest of the story: What IDEA says about sharing records before a meeting about the IEP, or a hearing
13:21 Viewer question: What is meant by “records”
14:23 Free letter template to request records, includes 28 different types of educational records. You can pick and choose which records you want to review, you can say you want all the 28 types of records. Click here.
16:45 How many records should you request?
20:48 Caution when sending an assertive request for records
23:33 Will the district share all the records
24:55 Records Checklist you can download to keep track of the records you have & which ones are missing. Click here to download the checklist.
26:18 How to keep up with all the records, Why you might want to request records, even if you have copies
29:26 Viewer question about signing documents with virtual meetings
30:57 Viewer tip about reviewing records annually
32:15 Viewer comment about getting final IEP and checking the wording
33:49 Viewer question about getting records before moving or changing schools
35:06 Hard copies or electronic copies of education records
39:15 A well-written IEP is not the final step
41:47 Reviewing points made
44:23 What to do after a phone call or in-person conversation
45:39 Viewer question how to know what is happening in the classroom
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