Your child is identified as a gifted student - the student has a Gifted IEP - and you believe that your child could be doing
'more'. Parents in this group consider themselves familiar with the basics of the gifted education system.
They wonder what they need to do next, or whether they should do anything at all.
First, if you have not done so
already, review the Department of Education's booklet that explains Chapter 16 to parents, the Parents Guide to Special Education
for the Gifted. It's linked below. Doing this will refresh your memory about the more general aspects of Pennsylvania's
gifted ed regulations.
Parents in this group tend to focus on very district-specific and child-specific issues
- the personalities involved and the historical actions - rather than taking a more strategic view of their child's situation.
Next, you
should reread your child's Gifted IEP, paying close attention to the first section, the Present levels of Educational
Performance (PLEP) section. An accurate PLEP to having an appropriate Gifted IEP. The link to
an overview on PLEP is in the right hand column.
Reviewing both the regulations and your child's GIEP, but doing so from a
strategic perspective will help you know what areas to concentrate on and how to go about applying what you learned when it matters
most, during your child's Gifted IEP meeting.
