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Know your IEP

Know your IEP. Advocating for yourself. What does IEP stand for?. The letters IEP stand for Individualized Education Plan. A legal document developed by a team of people including parents , students , teachers , counselors, nurses, administrators , special educators , and others

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Know your IEP

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  1. Know your IEP Advocating for yourself

  2. What does IEP stand for? • The letters IEP stand for Individualized Education Plan. • A legal document developed by a team of people including parents, students, teachers, counselors, nurses, administrators, special educators, and others • Provides a plan with goals and services to help students with disabilities reach their potential in school • Is reviewed and implemented yearly • Formal evaluations are done every 3 years to determine eligibility for special education services

  3. How often are the meetings? • The data and documents are reviewed yearly • Changes can be made at any time • Formal evaluations are done every 3 years to determine eligibility for special education services

  4. Your disability • SLD, Autism, ED, ID, OHI, HI, SLI, OI, TBI, SLI, VI • Primary disability, Secondary disability

  5. Other Health Impaired • Is due to chronic or acute health problems such as asthma, attention deficit disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, diabetes, epilepsy, a heart condition, hemophilia, lead poisoning, leukemia, nephritis (kidney disorder), rheumatic fever (inflamitory disease that follows an infection), sickle cell anemia (blood disorder), muscular dystraphy(deterioration of muscle tissues), and Tourette syndrome; and • (ii) Adversely affects a child’s educational performance. [§300.8(c)(9)] • May include other conditions not stated here.

  6. Important parts of the document • Strengths • Effects of the disability on the student • Needs of the student • Transition (goals, activities) • Goals, objectives • Accommodations/modifications • Transfer of rights

  7. What is transition? • Career/work skills investigation • Post-secondary goals, education, training • Independence • Agency linkage

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