IEP Meeting Reflection

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Most of us hear well and so don’t give much thought to how we hear. Hearing starts with a very complex set of actions within the outer, middle and inner ear. Auditory Processing - Is what happens when the brain recognizes, interprets and can respond to the varied sounds around us such as music, language and the environment in which we live. It involves both hearing and listening and is simply defined as what the brain does with what it hears. For example, it tells us the barking we hear is a dog. When a child’s ears are working well, but the child cannot understand the sounds they hear, the child has an “auditory processing disorder” (abbreviated to ‘APD’) Students with APD cant process the information they hear in they same way as others because …show more content…

His name is Isaac and he is a 5th grader. Isaac recently had his triennial IEP meeting in which I was able to be a participant in. Since Isaac is going to transition to middle school next academic school year the triennial IEP consisted of having Isaac partake within the meeting. The school psychologist and the RSP teacher discussed in-depth Isaac’s disability and transition to middle school using child-friendly language. I conducted my interview with Isaac a few days after my participation in his IEP meeting. My interview commenced with asking Isaac to talk about the things he likes to do. Isaac expressed his love for video games, playing basketball and listening to audio books. Isaac directed the conversation to his excitement about going to middle school. Isaac mentioned that his excitement is because he is looking forward to trying out and making it on the basketball team. Isaac did mention that he is concerned about his classroom work and homework in middle school because according to him he is not that smart and has trouble learning. He mentioned the following statements within our conversation “I have trouble understanding with it’s noisy” and “I can’t remember directions especially if it’s a lot of them”. I reassured Isaac that he will be just fine in middle school and referenced back to what was said during his triennial IEP meeting. When I had Isaac discuss his friendships he shied away from the conversation. Isaac mentioned he has friends but he think they only like him because he can play basketball. Isaac stated that sometimes he often gets lost in conversations so he tends to just smile and stay quiet. What I observed during my classroom and recess observations is that Isaac is popular and a people pleaser. Isaac has a large group of friends but does refrain from conversations. From the statements Isaac made about himself he seemed to struggle with self-esteem

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