E51. Labels Don’t Equal Placement: Making Meaningful LRE Decisions That Match Student Needs
About this episode
The episode discusses the complexities of making individualized LRE decisions in education, emphasizing that a diagnosis should not dictate a student's placement.
If you’ve ever walked out of an LRE meeting knowing the decision didn’t fully make sense, this episode is for you. Whitney and Stephanie get into the side of placement conversations people don’t always say out loud. A diagnosis should never be the reason a student ends up in a certain setting, but it happens all the time. And so does the “we’ve always done it this way” thinking. They talk through what it actually looks like to adjust minutes, why data and the IEP should be leading the conversation, and how quickly things fall apart when decisions stop being individualized. What worked for one student does not automatically work for another. This is the kind of conversation that challenges how these decisions are being made and what needs to change. Follow Whitney: @rootedinresource Purchase her Book: Everyone Learns Differently Not a member? Join Today — you can get 50% off your first month of membership https://products.theintentionaliep.com/tii-membership-50off1stmonth-podcast/ For more information, check out more of Stephanie's resources: https://www.theintentionaliep.com/the-intentional-iep-book/ https://www.theintentionaliep.com/ https://www.facebook.com/theintentionaliep…
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