By Gerry Klor

Enhance effectiveness and boost your confidence in your role as an IEP team leader! This just-updated guide gives you strategies for resolving legal and procedural issues raised during the IEP meeting plus guidance on the soft skills of managing staff and working with parents — all based on the author’s 35 years of experience running IEP team meetings and helping diverse individuals reach agreement.

You’ll master the essential skills and tools for facilitating cooperative IEP meetings that end with a compliant document, with best practices to:

• Address today’s evolving issues such as assistive technology and electronic IEPs
• Avoid parent claims of predetermination
• De-escalate emotion and manage conflict
• Respond to parent custody issues

What's more, you get Team Leader's Tips highlighting essential steps to reach an agreement and get a signed IEP, plus model forms you can adapt!