Description
Book SynopsisLearn how to put together IEPs with the power to make a real difference for students
The Intentional IEP shows special education teachers how to successfully collaborate with all stakeholdersparents or guardians, general ed teachers, therapists, and beyondto work toward students' success. Too many of us aren't trained to write the Individualized Education Programs that help millions of students with thrive in school. This book fills that training gap, explaining the importance of assembling an IEP team and inviting this team to confront and improve its current processes and habits to make IEP writing simpler and more effective.
With all the pressures that educators are under, it's easy to cut corners when it comes time towrite IEPs. Writing them in isolation, leaving them to the night before, making decisions without consulting data and research, letting family collaboration fall to the waysidemost special educators have made these mistakes at some point. The
Table of Contents
Introduction ix
Chapter 1: IEP Rundown 1
Chapter 2: Data Collection 37
Chapter 3: Writing the IEP 63
Chapter 4: Increasing Team Participation at the IEP Meeting 113
Chapter 5: Increasing Parent Participation in the IEP Process 137
Outro/Conclusion 161
Appendix: Helpful Templates 163
Index 169
