Checklist to Elevate Each IEP

With over 7 million students enrolled in special education programs in the U.S., 47 states feeling the effects of a special education teacher shortage, and up to 50% of special educator time spent on paperwork — how can schools ensure Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) are high-quality, compliant and actionable for educators working with students with disabilities?

The answer: by providing easy-to-digest professional development for special education teachers and providers.

Equipping your special educators with expert IEP best practice tips helps novice and veteran educators build and implement multi-dimensional IEPs that enable a student to make appropriate progress.

This IEP Checklist, based on advice from special education expert Carol Kosnitsky, outlines best practices and how they help ensure a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) is provided to each student.

Special educators will get a refresher on how to:

• Use multiple sources of data to build a comprehensive IEP

• Focus on student strengths, interests and preferences

• Increase parent participation in the IEP process

• Describe how the student’s disability affects involvement and progress in the general education curriculum

• Write specific statements on academic and functional needs

• Establish baseline data to take a student’s performance temperature