IEP Checklist (PDF)

How can you design effective IEPs that improve student outcomes and meet legal requirements? This onestop IEP guide has the answers your team needs to create great IEPs and put them into action. Youll start with a solid introduction to IEPs: their purpose, their major components, and the legal mandates they need to meet. Then youll get a comprehensive framework for IEP development, featuring a unique, indepth checklist that breaks the whole IEP process into small, manageable steps and walks you through each one. Packed with invaluable planning tips, vivid examples, and practice activities, this book is your whole school teams stepbystep guide to meaningful, legally compliant IEPs that help students reach their goals and meet state standards. IEP TEAM MEMBERS WILL LEARN TOassess a students present level of performance effectively collaborate during an IEP meetinguse studentcentered planning to foster empowerment and leadershipdevelop meaningful IEP goals that can be easily communicated and measuredwrite short-term objectives aligned with the students IEP goalscollect and report data on student progress toward IEP goals and objectives use progress monitoring data to make instructional decisionsidentify accommodations that support a students specific academic needssupport successful transitions from school to adulthood PRACTICAL MATERIALS: Activities and examples to guide and improve IEP development; reflection questions that deepen understanding; realistic dialogues that highlight key challenges and solutions; ready to use tools that help ensure meaningful, compliant IEPs.Includes readytouse IEP tools:IEP Rubricdetailed checklist for evaluating completeness and quality of each IEP element IEP Inventory for verifying the presence of key IEP componentsParent Survey to gather information on parents perception of the IEP process Teacher Survey for assessing current practices and determining training needs