, ,

Is Your Opinion Valued at IEP Meetings? Survey Results

Do you go to IEP meetings and leave feeling like your opinion was heard and valued?  Or perhaps you leave feeling defeated and that no one listened to you.  For the past two months, we asked the question is your opinion valued at IEP meetings?  Two hundred fifty of you responded so thank you!  Is Your Opinion Valued at IEP Meetings?

Do you go to IEP meetings and leave feeling like your opinion was heard and valued?  Or perhaps you leave feeling defeated and that no one listened to you.  For the past two months, we asked the question is your opinion valued at IEP meetings?  Two hundred fifty of you responded so thank you!

Results of the Survey Question – Is your opinion valued at IEP meetings?

The first question was to report your title i.e. occupational therapist, parent, special education teacher, etc.  Here are the results:

Do you go to IEP meetings and leave feeling like your opinion was heard and valued?  Or perhaps you leave feeling defeated and that no one listened to you.  For the past two months, we asked the question is your opinion valued at IEP meetings?  Two hundred fifty of you responded so thank you!  

Second question:  Read and respond to this statement – My opinion is valued at IEP meetings.  Responders could choose from Strongly Agree, Agree, Neutral, Disagree or Strongly Disagree.

Do you go to IEP meetings and leave feeling like your opinion was heard and valued?  Or perhaps you leave feeling defeated and that no one listened to you.  For the past two months, we asked the question is your opinion valued at IEP meetings?  Two hundred fifty of you responded so thank you!  

There were a few groups that had enough responses to separate out the data i.e.  COTAs, OTs, PTs and Parents.

For the OTs: 55.2% agreed that their opinion was valued.

OT responses Is your opinion valued at IEP meetings

For the COTAs 37.9% agree that their opinion was valued.

For the 36 PTs 50% of you agreed that your opinion was valued at IEP meetings.

For the 7 parents: 28.6% agreed but 28.6% disagreed with the statement My opinion is valued at IEP meetings.

 

 

I was pleasantly surprised to read that most felt their opinion was valued at IEP meetings. I have found that one of the most effective ways to have productive IEP meetings is to have open lines of communication.  Read 5 steps to increase communication here.

If you need ideas to help you get started with improved communication, check out the School and Home Communication Forms for Therapists.

communication cover

School and Home Communication Forms for Therapists

Summary: Therapists, school staff and parents are all so busy it can be hard to communicate. This collection of forms will save you loads of time. Therapists can review schedules, report on daily or weekly progress, track behavior, review IEP goals, track communication and more. It is suitable for all school based therapists. Parents can request therapist to complete daily or weekly updates especially beneficial for non-verbal children.

There are 21 forms including:

Therapy Schedule
Therapy Update 1
Therapy Update 2
Therapy Notes
Behavior Form
Teacher Communication Log
Parent/Guardian Communication Log
Weekly Log
Daily Log
Great News
Letter of Concern
Getting to Know You
Pre-IEP Input
Goal Review with Student
Goal Review for Teachers
Goal Review for Parent/Guardian
Therapy Lesson Plan
Communication Checklist
Therapy Survey for Kids
Therapy Satisfaction Survey for Parents/Guardians
Therapy Satisfaction Survey for Teachers

FIND OUT MORE and download a sample form

Do you go to IEP meetings and leave feeling like your opinion was heard and valued?  Or perhaps you leave feeling defeated and that no one listened to you.  For the past two months, we asked the question is your opinion valued at IEP meetings?  Two hundred fifty of you responded so thank you!  

 

/by