# IEP QuickTips: Reframing Weaknesses as Strengths and Needs

### At-a-glance

##### Topics
Co-teaching & collaborative teaming, Developmental disabilities & delays, IEPs, Implementation, Learning disabilities & delays, Special education

##### Resource Types
Blog posts

##### Author
The Inclusion Lab

##### Year
2015

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When you sit down with an IEP team to start the planning process, it can be tempting to start with what a student can’t do: She can’t read yet. He can’t follow the teacher’s directions. But as Mary Falvey points out in her book *Believe in My Child with Special Needs!*, taking a problem-focused approach defeats your goal of high expectations and creative problem-solving.

[Read the blog post](http://blog.brookespublishing.com/iep-quicktips-reframing-weaknesses-as-strengths-and-needs/)