Family participation is an essential feature of the development and implementation of high-quality educational programming for students with disabilities. Families bring important information related to their child's academic, functional, and behavioral strengths, needs, and goals. As a result, it is important to ensure that the individualized education program (IEP) team is truly a partnership that values all participants' perspectives. All participants must understand each team members’ role and value the expertise they bring to the development and implementation of the IEP.
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This course focuses on intensifying instruction. Those who enroll in the course will be able to identify when to intensify instruction or intervention to support the development and implementation of specially designed instruction and define some components of intensifying instruction by adapting dosage, alignment, and transfer.
Online Module
Parents, you are an expert in your child! Your thoughts, questions, and feedback are valuable in the IEP development. In this role, it is essential that you understand the IEP and its parts, why the IEP is important, and the valuable role you play in creating the IEP. This resource includes information to consider before, during, and after the IEP meeting. It includes information about the parts of the meeting, questions to consider asking during the meeting, and a place to take notes.
Tools
Student and parent voices are critical to developing an IEP that promotes progress and is individualized to help the student meet future goals. These forms were developed to help IEP teams work with parents and students to gather information and perspectives prior to the IEP meeting to ensure that the meeting can run efficiently and focused on the unique needs and goals of the student. The forms ask parents and students to share goals, strengths, needs, and what has and hasn't worked to support the student at school, at home, and in the community.
Tools
This tip sheet reviews the members of the IEP team and their roles. It highlights required members and additional members who may be beneficial in developing an IEP that best meets your child's needs. Some key questions to consider and additional resources are included.
Fact Sheet
Parents are critical members of the IEP team. This tip sheet is intended to help parents understand the key elements of the individualized education program (IEP) and the IEP development process.
Fact Sheet
Are you interested in improving your IEPs? Are you looking for resources and strategies to help prepare educators to promote progress for students with disabilities? On August 3-4, 2022 the PROGRESS Center held a free two-day virtual learning event, Prepping for PROGRESS! Adding New Tools to Your Backpack (Toolbox) for the Start of School. The event focused on sharing information, resources and lessons learned to support the development and implementation of high-quality educational programming for students with disabilities. If you missed the event, we will be posting recordings and materials from the event sessions.
Events
In this Stories from the Classroom video, Dr. David Bateman shares a story of an IEP meeting that serves as a reminder that the IEP is meant to address all of the student’s individual needs and how important family input and perspective is to the development and implementation of an IEP that meets their child's needs.
Video
What can we learn from the experiences of families and youth to guide our development and implementation of high-quality educational programming for students with disabilities? In this webinar, Stacy Hirt and Joey Hunziker share findings from a series of focus groups with families and caregivers who had a child with an IEP during their school years and young adults who were supported with an IEP while in school. Educational planning successes, challenges, and recommendations from the lens of focus group participants will be highlighted.
Webinar
This course provides a review of the team members responsible for collaboratively developing the students individualized education program (IEP) as outlined in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and explains their roles on the IEP Team. This module also reviews some additional considerations for team membership and engagement in the IEP development process.
Online Module