IEP Procedures
IDEA Principles
IEP or 504?
IEP Team Members
Awesome Acronyms
100

Students who qualify for special education services must between these ages in order to qualify for services

What is 3-21 years old?

100

Students' rights to a free appropriate public education.

What is FAPE

100

Which plan says a disability must substantially limit one or more basic life activities. This can include learning, reading, communicating, and thinking.

What is a 504?

100

This IEP team member is responsible for creating the IEP. This person may also provide services as well as assist with reviewing yearly progress.

Who is the case manager or special ed teacher?

100
IEP
What is Individual Education Program?
200

The assessment period for an initial special education evaluation cannot go over this amount of days.

60 Calendar Days

200

TEducate students with disabilities with no disabled students to the maximum extent appropriate

What is Least Restrictive Enviornment

200

This type of plan states that the disability must affect the child’s educational performance and/or ability to learn and benefit from the general education curriculum. The child must need specialized instruction to make progress in school.

What is an IEP?

200
In the event of Initial Eligibility, this IEP team member will compile reports into a Multidisciplinary Team Report.
Who is the School Psychologist?
200
ASD
What is Autism Spectrum Disorder?
300

How many disability categories exist that a student could qualify for special education?

What is 13?

300

Comply with the procedural requirements of the IDEA

What is Procedural Safe Guards or Due Process?

300

Provides services and changes to the learning environment to enable students to learn alongside their peers.

What is a 504 plan

300

Prior to initiating special education services, permission must be obtained from this mandatory and vital team member that knows the child better than anyone else.

Who is the Parent or Guardian?

300

SLD

What is Specific Learning Disability?

400
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) protects a students right to this.
What is a student's right to confidentiality?
400

Conduct multiple assessments and a full evaluation to determine if the student has an IDEA related disability and if he/she needs special education services

What is Appropriate evaluation or Non-discriminatory assessment?

400

Provides individualized special education and related services to meet a child’s unique needs.

What is an IEP

400

Of the mandatory team members of an IEP meeting, this participant's role is to make financial decisions on behalf of the school/district.

Who is the Administrator or District Representative

400

OHI

What is Other Health Impairment?

500

This form must be signed by the parent or guardian and returned to the school prior to conducting any formal evaluation of the student.

Informed Consent 

500

This IDEA principle requires districts to locate, identify, and provide services to all eligible students with disabilities.

What is zero reject

500

There are strict legal requirements about who participates in the development of this plan.

What is an IEP?

500

This IEP team member will be responsible for implementing parts of the plan with child in the general education environment 

Who is the general education teacher

500
ID
What is Intellectual Disability?
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