Procedures
State and Federal Laws
Components of an IEP
IEP Team Members
Awesome Acronyms
100

This form must be sent home prior to an IEP meeting, typically with 3 documented attempts for a response.

What is the Invitation to Participate in an IEP or other team meeting?

100
Students' rights to a free appropriate public education.
What is FAPE
100
This section of the IEP describes the current classroom functioning of the student.
What is the Present Level of Academic Performance?
100

This IEP team member is responsible for writing and coordinating the IEP

Who is the case manager?

100
IEP
What is Individual Education Program?
200
60 Calendar Days
How long is the assessment period?
200
To the maximum extent appropriate in the general education environment with students who are nondisabled
What is Least Restrictive Enviornment
200
Once a child has been determined eligible for special education services, the goal of the IEP is to address the needs of the child in this setting.
What is the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)?
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
This section of the IEP describes the current classroom functioning of the student.
What is Present Levels of Academic Performance?
300
The Education for all Handicapped Children Act was originally passed in 1975, amended in 1990, 1997, and 2004, and is now known as this...
What is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA-04)?
300

There are 6 factors when determining appropriateness of THIS component of the IEP

What is the PASA?

300
Prior to initiating special education services, permission must be obtained from this mandatory team member.
Who is the Parent or Guardian?
300
ABA
What is Applied Behavior Analysis?
400
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) protects a students right to this.
What is a student's right to confidentiality?
400

A form that follows IEP meetings to outline options considered, evaluation procedures used to make determinations, and educational placement.

What is the NOREP?

400

This typically begins at age 14 and is a process to develop postsecondary goals.

What is Transition Planning?

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 LEA?

400
ADD
What is Attention Deficit Disorder?
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.

What is the Permission to Evaluate?

500

The acronym I.D.E.A., which describes the law ensuring services to children with disabilities throughout the nation, stands for this.

What is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act?

500

There are 7 factors to consider when making eligibility determinations for this component of the IEP.

What is Extended School Year services?

500

This IEP team member may address communication needs and assistive technology devices and services.

Who is the SLP?

500
ID
What is Intellectual Disability?
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