The terms used at an IEP or 504 Plan meeting can be confusing. This link will bring you to a site that has great explanations for prominent terms used in special education meetings. Please remember, during any meeting with the school, you can ask for clarification. If you don’t understand something or something does not sound right, ask them to clarify. Ask them to explain it better if it still makes little sense to you.
It may happen that a school uses complicated terms to confuse parents to intimidate them. Or, they may use the terms because it is how they speak every day and there is no malice intended. This meeting is about your child and it is important that you understand everything that is said. This is a legal document. You don’t want to agree to something you do not understand.
