The year between IEP meetings

Know Whether Your Child's IEP Is Being Followed — and Whether It's Working

The IEP Follow-Through System is a fillable workbook, 17 ready-to-send letters and a tracker spreadsheet. It gives you a simple way to check what the IEP promises against what actually happens, month by month, and a calm, step-by-step way to raise it when something slips.

$29One-time payment

42-page fillable workbook
17 letters and emails (Word and PDF)
Tracker spreadsheet (Excel or Google Sheets)
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Sound familiar?

The meeting is one day. The IEP is the rest of the year.

Most parents leave the meeting with a document and no way to tell whether it is being carried out. You are not in the building, progress reports arrive as codes, and by the time something is clearly wrong, months have gone by. The Follow-Through System gives you a light routine, and the records to go with it.

Is the service actually happening?

A 15-minute monthly check uses what you can see from home: what your child says, what comes home, and the school's own records.

"Making progress" toward what?

A pace check turns each progress report into a plain answer: on pace to meet the goal, or behind.

Wording you can't check

Ledgers help you copy out what the IEP promises and spot phrases like "as needed" that call for a clearer answer.

Not sure what to say, or to whom

Seventeen short letters cover the common situations, from a friendly check-in to a request for the school's decision in writing.

No record when you need one

A communication log and a timeline keep dated facts in one place, written down as they happen.

Starting from scratch every year

A Year in Review page turns your records into the agenda for the next meeting.

How it works

Five parts, in the order a school year happens

Start wherever you are: a new IEP, one from months ago, a problem, or a meeting coming up.

Parts 1–2

What was promised, and is it happening?

Copy the services, accommodations and goals into one-page ledgers
Find the wording that can't be checked, and ask about it
Run a 15-minute check once a month
Keep a session log when a service looks short
Log every call and email in one place

Parts 3–4

Is it working, and what if it isn't?

Read each progress report against the pace needed
Track every goal from starting point to end point
Note what you see at home
Find your situation and the smallest step that could fix it
Understand the formal options and what each involves

Part 5

Ready for the next meeting

Turn the year's records into a one-page review
Build one or two specific concerns
Review each goal, service and accommodation
Pick the questions that match what your records show
Check the new IEP against what was agreed

See inside

Real pages from the workbook

These are pages from the actual product — the same pages you'll download. Tap any page to see it larger.

**Services Ledger** What the IEP promises, in one unit you can count.

**The 15-Minute Monthly Check** Five steps and a year-at-a-glance grid.

**Goal Progress Tracker** Each report against the pace needed to reach the goal.

**What's Going On?** Find your situation and the letter that fits it.

**Worked Example** One fictional family's year, filled in page by page.

**The Year in Review** One page to bring to the next meeting.

What's inside

What you get

Three files, delivered together in one ZIP download.

PDF

The workbook (42 pages)

How the system works, and where to start
The ground rules: federal rules, and what states add
Part 1 — What was promised
Part 2 — Is it happening?
Part 3 — Is it working?
Part 4 — When it doesn't match
Part 5 — Prepare for the next meeting
Records organizer, glossary and sources
Five worked-example pages

Word + PDF

17 letters and emails

After-meeting follow-up
Start-of-year note to a new teacher
Monthly check-in
Request for service logs or records
A service or accommodation is not being provided
A progress report is missing, or has no numbers
Request for an IEP meeting
Request for the school's decision in writing
Request for make-up services
Request for an independent evaluation

Excel / Google Sheets

The tracker spreadsheet

Adds up service minutes promised and received
Checks each goal against the pace needed
Charts reported progress for up to eight goals
Monthly check, communication log and timeline tabs
A filled-in example tab

Each letter says when to use it, what to check before you send it, and what to expect next. Where a federal rule stands behind a request, it is summarized with its section number, and what your state may add is noted separately.

Letters and tracker

The words to use, and the numbers to back them up

The letters are short and friendly on purpose. The spreadsheet does the adding up.

**Letter 8: a service is not being delivered as written** The facts, two questions, and a date.

**Tracker spreadsheet** Service minutes, and a pace chart for each goal.

How it works

Three simple steps

Step 1

Purchase

Complete secure checkout.

Step 2

Download

Receive a secure download link by email.

Step 3

Use

Fill in Part 1 from the current IEP — about an hour, once. After that, 15 minutes a month.

Who this is for

This may be useful if:

Your child has an IEP and you want to know it is being carried out
A service or accommodation seems to have slipped
Progress reports say "making progress" and you can't tell what that means
You want a record of this year before the next meeting
You want to raise a problem calmly, in writing, without making it a fight

Start with a free tool instead if:

Your meeting is in the next day or two — use the Meeting Tomorrow? Quick-Start Checklist
You are still working out what your child's IEP says — use the IEP Clarity Kit
You only need to send your concerns before a meeting — use the IEP Parent Input Kit

The Follow-Through System is an organizing tool. It doesn't replace an advocate, an attorney, your child's teachers or evaluators, or any other professional — and it isn't legal advice. Federal special education rules are described in general terms; your state and district add their own.

Questions parents ask

Is this a physical product?

No. It's a digital download — nothing is shipped.

What files do I receive?

One ZIP file with the workbook (PDF), the letters (Word and PDF), the tracker spreadsheet (Excel) and a short start-here note.

Do I need special software?

No. The workbook opens in any PDF reader, including the free Adobe Acrobat Reader and the viewers built into Chrome and Edge. The letters and the tracker open in Word and Excel, or in Google Docs and Google Sheets.

Can I type into the workbook?

Yes. Every page with boxes is fillable, and it saves what you type. You can also print it, in color or in black and white.

My child's IEP was written months ago. Is it too late to start?

No. The first page shows where to begin with a new IEP, an older one, a problem, or a meeting that is coming up.

I have a meeting coming up. Does this help?

Yes. Part 5 is a full set of preparation pages. If the meeting is only a day or two away, start with the free Meeting Tomorrow? Quick-Start Checklist.

Does it cover my state?

It describes the federal rules (IDEA) and marks, page by page, where states and districts add their own rules and timelines. It does not list each state's rules; it shows you where your state's version is published.

How long is the download link available?

The link in your purchase email is valid for 7 days. After that, you can sign in to your account with the email you used at checkout to download the files again.

Is this legal advice?

No. It's an educational and organizational resource, not legal advice.

Can I share the files with others?

The system is licensed for one family's personal use. Please do not resell or share the files with others — our Terms of Service has the details.

Know What Was Promised, What Is Happening, and What to Do Next

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