IEP Nuts and Bolts
How often must an IEP be reviewed?
What is yearly?
What is a procedural violation?
Vital member (s) of the IEP team to contribute with expertise like no one else.
Who are the parents?
This is provided and reviewed with parents at least once a year.
What are procedural safeguards?
Case manager must select all the meeting purposes, such as a need for initial evaluation/re-evaluation, review of assessment results, develop an IEP, review educational placement, consideration of post-secondary goals and transition services, etc.
What is the Invitation to Meeting?
At what age must transition planning begin for students?
This term refers to educating students with disabilities alongside their nondisabled peers to the maximum extent appropriate.
What is Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)?
Provided to parents at least as often as general education reports are sent home
This team member is an expert in core curriculum and grade-level standards.
Who is the regular education teacher?
Parents must receive adequate notice to the meeting.
What is 10 day notice?
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What are words to AVOID during a meeting?
Besides the student and IEP team, this type of agency representative may be invited to support transition planning.
What is a representative from a vocational rehabilitation or adult services agency?
Narrative and data that learly outlines student’s needs, current performance compared to peers, and gives direction for goal writing.
What is the student’s Present Level of Academic Achievement and Functional Performance (PLAAFP)?
Address each area identified as exceptional in the present levels of performance; contain the criteria for mastery and the method of evaluation
What are measurable annual goals?
I support the decisions made by the IEP team and secure resources.
Who is the LEA?
This is provided to parents 48 hours prior to the meeting.
What are assessment reports and draft IEPs?
Occurs when the school-based personnel on an IEP team essentially decide on a student’s special education services, placement, or both services and placement prior to the actual IEP meeting, thus failing to involve a student’s parents in making these important decisions.
What is predetermination?
Transition services must be based on the student’s _____, _____, and _____.
What are preferences, interests, and strengths?
An overview of the student’s current strengths, parent concerns, medical information, and disability impact.
What is descriptive information?
Means adapting, as appropriate to the needs of an eligible child under this part, the content, methodology, or delivery of instruction –
(i) To address the unique needs of the child that result from the child’s disability; and
(ii) To ensure access of the child to the general curriculum, so that the child can meet the educational standards within the jurisdiction of the public agency that apply to all children.
What is Specially Designed Instruction?
This person is responsible for delivering specially designed instruction, capturing data, and ensuring access to the general education curriculum.
Who is the special education teacher or therapist?
Notice to a parent of proposed and refused actions and allows parent time to seek resolution if they disagree with the LEA’s decisions.
What is Prior Written Notice?
Ensure parents are actively involved in the decision-making process about their child’s education. This includes:
What is meaningful participation?
When transition planning begins, the IEP must include measurable post-secondary goals in these areas.
What are education/training, employment, community, and ?
Provides initial insight into the “Why” of the student's need for special education services by describing how it impacts their access/involvement/progress in academic and non-academic areas.
What is the adverse impact statement?
A legally binding document.
What is an IEP?
This person is responsible for interpreting the instructional implications of evaluation results
Who are school psychologists, therapists, or SE teacher?
TN BOE rules allow this to be conducted on at least a 24-hour notice to the parents.
What is the manifestation determination review?
What should the SE Teacher bring to the IEP meeting?
What is the student's IEP Folder?
A student who can use his/her language system independently to share ideas, novel thoughts, and needs across partners and settings.
What is a consistent, reliable, and effective communication mode?
“This is what we do for every student.”
“We provide all students with that type of deficit, services 2 x week. That is just what we do.”
“Welcome Mr. and Mrs. Jones. This won’t take much time, we already have the IEP written - all you have to do is sign it!”
“Just tell me what you want, and how to write it on the IEP”
What NOT to say in an IEP meeting?
Failing to hold a manifestation determination meeting after this disciplinary action could lead to legal trouble.
What is a removal from school for more than 10 consecutive days?
Good data should be _____, _____, and _______.
What is quantifiable, descriptive, and specific?