Avoid These 6 Mistakes At The End Of The Year

Published: Tue, 05/14/19

Are you already thinking about what next year will be like for your child?

Are you wondering who the new teacher will be and if they'll be a good match for your child?

Or maybe your child is going to a different school and you have feelings of excitement, but also a few worries?

Believe it or not there are some simple ways to make the transition to next year even smoother - but you need to make sure you don't make these common end-of-the-year mistakes.

What are the 6 mistakes you want to avoid?

Watch the replay so we can not only talk about the mistakes to avoid - but also what you can do now to make a huge difference come the fall.

Avoid These 6 Mistakes At The End Of The Year

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Check out these Key Take-Aways by going to the specific time stamp in the video, or on the podcast.

* 1st Mistake: Not Panning For All The Gold Nuggets 2:48

* 2nd Mistake: Not Scoping Things Out For Next Year 8:21

* 3rd Mistake: Forgetting About Our Children's Friends 13:39

* 4th Mistake: Not Having Accommodations in Place For

Year End Activities 15:05

* 5th Mistake: Not Asking About Next Year's Teacher 21: 58

* 6th Mistake: Having No Spring Transition Meeting 25:45

* Bonus Mistake: Not Getting a Copy of my Transitions

ebook (get link in the Resources section below) 34:15

Here are some quotes you can post on social media so more parents know these tips. As we say, "The more you know, the more you can do."

There is a wealth of information, that the people working with your child this year already know about your child. We want to capture that information and share it with next year's teacher, so they don't have to reinvent the wheel.
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Many times we forget about the wealth of information that our kids' friends have about them as far as what helps them at school, what doesn't work, what they've noticed that your child really likes at school.

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Talk to the grade level teacher for next year, and find out what science and social studies units your child will be studying and what novels they'll be reading. Then during the summer look for some books, videos, activities about the topics your child will be learning about next year.

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This summer keep nurturing the friendships your child formed this year when they've been included in general education classes. Schedule a play date or time to get together for June. Yes, get it on your calendar, now.

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We want to think ahead of time, what accommodations we need to have in place, so your child can have fun with the year-end activities like, field trips, field day activities, signing yearbooks, and many other school traditions.

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We all have different learning styles and we all have different teaching styles. If your child is the type of learner that needs a teacher that really is experienced with Universal Design for Learning, you want to make sure that your child gets in that class.

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We want to make sure we have a formal way to come together with the people that worked with your child this year and for them to relay information to next year's staff.

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We have to be a detective sometimes to find our kids interests and talents. And we have to be a detective to find out what the teachers strengths and talents are.

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BONUS TIP: Amend the IEP to include staff training. The ongoing training might be to learn how to use your child's communication device, or how to implement co-teaching, or using researched based inclusion practices, or a different specific topic so your son or daughter is getting the right kinds of supports and services.

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Here are some resources mentioned in last week's Facebook live show.

Secrets Behind Successful Special Education Transitions: From Preschool Through High School – a free ebook with ideas for you, educators and your child to create smoother transitions to new teachers or new schools. Click here.

In the video above we talk about a little about adapted novels and activities/materials to go with the novel. Here's where you can get some specific links to places that have all of this kind of information:

Wanna know where it is? Click here, it'll take you to my free closed Facebook group, Universal Design for Inclusion. We have a list of adapted novels resources going on over at Universal Design for Inclusion.

Get tips on how to find out more about what's going on at school, even if you can't be there yourself to observe. Catch this video on my YouTube channel: How to Know What's Happening at School. Click here.

We talked about staff training in the video above. But are you wondering what specific language you need to include in the IEP for staff training? This video has the answers. Click here.

Yahoo! Look at what's coming up next...

Thursday, May 16th: What You Need to Know About Organizing School

Records

Thursday, May 23rd: Is a Private School Right For Your Child?

Thursday, May 30th: Lunch with my grandchildren. No live show

because I'll be out celebrating my grandkids'

school year.

See you soon!

We'll be on Thursday at Noon Mtn. Time, 2pm ET, 1pm CT, 11am PT

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P.S.

I believe it's time to reclaim the meaning of "That Parent." As our children are younger we model for them how to speak up. Each year we are less vocal and they are louder. Being That Parent is a good thing.

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