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The Collaborative IEP
Create effective individualized education plans for student success
Individualized education plans (IEPs) have the potential and responsibility of providing individuals with the highest level of learning opportunities. In this guide, discover the essential steps and vital understandings for team members to create student-centered IEPs. This book simplifies the IEP writing process and provides practical strategies and structures that can help general and special education teachers write compliant and effective IEPs for students.
Benefits
- Gain practical working knowledge of IEPs and why collaborative teams are needed to develop strong ones
- Understand how to use a future-based approach to immediately improve their support of students
- Ponder the landmark Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District case’s ramifications on special education
- Recognize how to meaningfully engage students’ parents and guardians in the IEP process
- Consider chapter-ending reflection questions as opportunities for discussion and action
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction: Our Whys
Part 1: The Why
Chapter 1: Discovering Why Collaborative IEPs Are Essential
Chapter 2: Taking a Collaborative Approach
Chapter 3: Including Parents and Guardians as Partners in the IEP Process
Part 2: The How
Chapter 4: Writing the PLAAFP Statement
Chapter 5: Writing Goals: Getting Started
Chapter 6: Writing Goals: Data Considerations
Chapter 7: Understanding Accommodations and Modifications
Chapter 8: Determining Service Minutes and Placement
Chapter 9: Exploring Behavior, Assistive Tech, Transition, and Low Incidence
Appendix A: Examples of PLAAFPs and Goals
Appendix B: Collaborative IEPs: Current Reality, Identifying Essential Actions, and Action Steps
PRINTABLE REPRODUCIBLES
Chapter 3: Including Parents and Guardians as Partners in the IEP Process
Chapter 4: Writing the PLAAFP Statement
Chapter 5: Writing Goals: Getting Started
Chapter 8: Determining Service Minutes and Placement
Appendix B: Collaborative IEPs: Current Reality, Identifying Essential Actions, and Action Steps
SUGGESTED RESOURCES
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