What to check
Read the plan for these specific details
Which report recommendations are school-related and tied to if mental health recommendations become school supports that protect access and participation.
Confirm the IEP sections that should respond are updated: social-emotional present levels, counseling, behavior supports, attendance plan, accommodations, safety planning, and progress monitoring.
Look for records showing the team connected the key school-related recommendation with school data, the written IEP record, or a documented refusal when a specific change was requested.
Sample outside-report finding
Private Mental Health Evaluation recommendations need an IEP crosswalk
What the record shows
The private mental health evaluation recommends a re-entry plan and counseling support, but the IEP has no attendance or coping plan.
What to ask for
Request that the team identify which one or two school-related recommendations it considered, what school data it is relying on, and if any requested change was accepted, trialed, refused, or needs more data.
A written request you can use
Send one specific question
“Please show how the IEP team considered the mental health recommendations and what school supports will be documented.”
Document based IEP review
Check the pages you already have
The review reads the pages you upload, points to the wording behind each concern, and helps you prepare questions. It does not send anything to your school or decide a legal claim.
Common questions
Does the school have to follow a private mental health evaluation?
If a parent shares a private evaluation, ask the team to document how the results were considered when making IEP decisions. That does not mean the team will adopt every recommendation. Ask what school data and reasoning supports any recommendation the team is not adopting.
What should I compare first?
Start with anxiety, mood, trauma, regulation, attendance, school refusal, safety, counseling needs, and recommendations, then compare those findings with social-emotional present levels, counseling, behavior supports, attendance plan, accommodations, safety planning, and progress monitoring.
What if the school says it considered the report but changed nothing?
Ask where that response is documented. If you requested an IEP, evaluation, or service change and the team refused it, ask if Prior Written Notice (PWN) will be provided.