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Part II: Individualized Education Program (IEP) and Collaboration

Who should attend the IEP team meeting?


 * The parents
 * General Education Teacher
 * Special Education Teacher
 * A representative from the school system with agency resources
 * An individual that can interpret implications of evaluation results
 * Other experts with knowledge regarding the student
 * The student (when appropriate)

https://www.parentcenterhub.org/iep-team/

What type of assessments are needed for an IEP?

The evaluation must be individual to the child and varied, including health, vision, hearing, social and emotional status, intelligence, academic performance, communication status, and motor skills.

https://www.parentcenterhub.org/evaluation/#scope

How can parents gain a better understanding of the IEP process?

https://www.parentcenterhub.org/pa12/

https://www.doe.k12.de.us/Page/2298

https://www.n2y.com/iep-resources/iep-parent-resources/

How does one develop appropriate goals and objectives for the IEP?

Goals should be SMART

Specific: Goals should address a specific skill and what the student should do to attain the desired level of mastery.

Measurable: Goals should have a measurement criteria to determine accuracy or frequency of successful attempts, with details of the conditions under which the student is performing the work.

Attainable: Goals should be in achievable increments to build confidence while working toward the chronological grade level skills and standards.

Relevant: Goals should be meaningful to the specific student they address, and personalized for their academic success.

Time-bound: Goals should specify a time frame that the goal needs to be achieved by (typically one year).

https://www.n2y.com/blog/smart-iep-goals/

How do goals and objectives affect curricular design?


 * Educators must adapt the curriculum to fit the accommodations laid out by the IEP.
 * Educators may need to use assistive technology to fulfill the IEP requirements.
 * Staff will need to work together to meet all accommodations, which may take away time from the classroom for pull-out related services, resulting in modifications to the students educational time.
 * Educators will have to collect data and keep track of it throughout the curriculum.

https://www2.ed.gov/parents/needs/speced/iepguide/index.html#after