Improving IEP Teams:  Skills for Resolving Conflict, and

IEP Facilitator Training

March 29-31, 2022  9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

GarfieldRE2 District office

Use link to register

https://coloradoriverboces.wufoo.com/forms/zcz8ob013kdze2/

Content of the

3-Day Certification Program:

·  IDEA Critical Basics

·  Facilitation versus Advocacy

·  Group Dynamics

·  Constructing Productive IEP Meetings

·  Convening Productive IEP Meetings

·  The Business of IEP Facilitation

·  Facilitating Open Discussions

·  Invaluable Tools of the Trade

·  Matching Resources to Resistance

·  Resolving Impasse

·  Facilitator Challenges

·  Ending a Facilitated IEP Meeting

·  Closing Facilitation

·  The Closure Letter

·  Understanding Your Role

·  Continuing Education

·  Practice, Practice, Practice….

·  Self-Assessment and Feedback

Content of the 1-Day

Improving IEP Teams Training:

·  Knowing key IDEA terminology

·  Planning agendas for productive meetings

·  Understanding how and why conflict

naturally occurs in the IEP process

·  Learning important communication skills to create a space for change

·  Clarifying positions versus interests to

develop improved outcomes for students

·  Developing strategic questioning and active listening techniques to build relationships

·   Identify resistance and match resources to build consensus decisions among team members

Benefits of Facilitated IEP Meetings

·  Build and improve relationships among IEP team members

·  Model effective communication and listening

·  Clarify points of agreement and disagreement

·  Provide opportunities for team members to resolve conflicts if they arise

·  Encourages teams to identify new options for unresolved problems

·  Less stressful than formal proceedings

·  Supports follow through and follow up by team

·  Does not require a separate meeting to formalize agreements