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Within 15 days of receiving your request, or giving you notice, the principal must provide
you with a copy of this guide and a written statement of approximately when the IPRC will
meet.

Information Parents Receive About the IPRC Meeting
At least 10 days in advance of the meeting, the chair of the IPRC will provide you with written
notification of the meeting and an invitation to attend the meeting as an important partner in
considering your child’s placement. This letter will notify you of the date, time, and place of
the meeting, and it will ask you to indicate whether you will attend.

Before the IPRC meeting occurs, you will receive a written copy of any information about your
child that the chair of the IPRC has received. This may include the results of assessments or a
summary of information.

IPRC Meeting Process
• The chair introduces everyone and explains the purpose of the meeting.
• The IPRC will review all available information about your child.
• The IPRC will:
• consider an educational assessment of your child;
• consider, subject to the provision of the Health Care Consent Act, 1996, a
health or psychological assessment of your child conducted by a qualified
practitioner if they feel that such an assessment is required to make a correct
identification or placement decision;
• interview your child, with your consent, if it would be useful to do so.
• You are encouraged to ask questions and join in the discussion.
• Following the discussion, after all the information has been presented and
considered, the committee will make its decision.

If parents are unable to attend the scheduled meeting…………
If you are unable to make the scheduled meeting, you may:
• contact the school principal to arrange an alternative date or time; or
• let the school principal know you will not be attending, and as soon as possible after
the meeting, the principal will forward to you, for consideration and signature, the
IPRC’s written statement of decisions, noting the decision of identification and
placement and any recommendations regarding special education programs and
services.

What the IPRC’s Written Statement of Decision Includes.
The IPRC’s written statement of decision will state:
• whether the IPRC has identified your child as exceptional;
• where the IPRC has identified your child as exceptional:
- the categories and definitions of any exceptionalities identified, as they are
defined by the Ministry of Education:
- the IPRC’s description of your child’s strengths and needs;
- the IPRC’s placement decision (i.e. classroom, self-contained classroom, etc.);

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