What to check
Read the plan for these specific details
Which report recommendations are school-related and tied to if vocational recommendations become concrete transition activities and supports before exit.
Confirm the IEP sections that should respond are updated: transition services, employment goals, vocational activities, agency connections, accommodations, related services, 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 Vocational Evaluation recommendations need an IEP crosswalk
What the record shows
The private vocational evaluation recommends job-coaching support, but the transition page has no service or responsible person.
What to ask for
Put this in writing: the team should 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 identify the vocational recommendation you want the team to discuss first, how it connects to transition services, who owns any agreed next step, and what data supports any refusal or delay.”
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 vocational 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 work interests, functional skills, job supports, accommodations, stamina, independence, community access, and recommendations, then compare those findings with transition services, employment goals, vocational activities, agency connections, accommodations, related services, and progress monitoring.
What is the strongest vocational issue to raise?
Start with the one employment support most tied to exit planning: work experience, job coaching, workplace accommodation, agency connection, stamina, independence, or timeline.