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SPED Failure Map
SPED Failure Map
Start: Repeated IEP/504 Failure OR Trouble with Identification
Start: Repeated IEP/504 Failure OR Trouble with Identification
How it should happen
How it should happen
The Ask
The Ask
The student needs additional support. The family requests support.
The Need
The Need
The needs are identified by the family and teachers as a team. Needs are met.
The Progress
The Progress
The Student Progresses!
What happens when it goes wrong?
What happens when it goes wrong?
The Ask
The Ask
The student needs additional support. The family requests support.
The Need
The Need
Needs not met and repeated failure to follow the IEP/504
The Ask and The Need Repeat in a Cycle (many times)
The Obstruction
The Obstruction
District staff is brought in adding to delays in services.
REGRESSION
REGRESSION
The Dominos
The Dominos
Student needs not met
Student is made to change instead of adults following IEP/504
Family pushed aside
The Dominos Continue
The Dominos Continue
Impact is significant
Student in a hostile environment
Same effect on student as bullying
Long-term issues set in
Other students have awareness and this impacts their equity views
Other students have awareness and this impacts their equity views
LIABILITY AND LAWSUITS
LIABILITY AND LAWSUITS
The District
The District
Not following policies or IDEA laws
Expresses conflicting priorities with IEP/504 plan and bargaining agreements
Stress on other staff
Adults are prioritized over student success.
The Student
The Student
Civil rights are violated
Disability not accommodated
Made to feel intimidated
Mental health suffers
School is a hostile environment
The Family
The Family
Exhausts ways to affect change
Few choices remain
Pull student from school
Pay for external support
Hire a lawyer
Trust is broken and school becomes an antagonistic environment for the student
Trust is broken and school becomes an antagonistic environment for the student
IMPACT AND EXPENSE
IMPACT AND EXPENSE
The District
The District
Professional Ethics violated
Adults bullying students
No accountability = repeated behaviors
No transparency or reform
Ends up paying lawyers more than it would cost to follow the IEP/504 plan
The Student
The Student
Mental health suffers
Loses trust in teachers and district leaders.
Impact on trust of all adults
Long-term regression
Has to get assistance outside of school or continues to regress
The Family
The Family
Mental health suffers
Time away from other children
Loss of income or inability to work - they are always on-call.
Money to tutors, counselors, neuropsychologists, and lawyers
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